President Trump signed an executive order categorizing drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This highlights threats posed by Mexican cartels and gangs from Latin America, including MS-13, to U.S. security. It allows for potential military actions and increased tariffs. The order signals a shift to a militarized approach to border security, raising concerns about its ramifications for migration from affected countries. Critics worry this designation could facilitate military intervention against these groups, though Mexican officials strongly oppose such actions.
The Cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs.
The order highlighted Mexican drug cartels and other Latin American criminal groups like Venezuela gang Tren de Aragua and Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), which it said threaten the safety of the American people, the security of the United States, and the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere.
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