Mexican Cartel Massacres Require Stronger US Response
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U.S. terrorist designations make us safer
U.S. terrorist designations make us safer Mourners gather outside a bar where an armed group shot and killed 12 people on October 15, 2022, in a region of central Mexico wracked by cartel violence. (© Mario Armas/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. government’s designations of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) give law enforcement additional tools to make America safer. That’s wh…
How Much Control Do Mexican Criminal Groups Really Have in the US?
How Much Control Do Mexican Criminal Groups Really Have in the US? The mounting pressure from the US government on Mexico’s criminal groups has fueled an inflated narrative about their reach — one that may overstate their operational capabilities north of the border.Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, his administration has launched a series of initiatives under the banner of “Operation Take Back America,” to “ensure…


Mexican cartel massacres require stronger US response
The vital importance of President Donald Trump‘s strategy to confront Mexican drug cartels was bloodily underlined this week after two separate incidents, barely 24 hours apart, showed that Mexico is a nation in crisis, and that the drug cartels hold the strategic initiative. As a nation, we must do more to stop Americans who buy the drugs that fuel the bloody misery in Mexico, but we also must escalate against the cartels responsible for the mi…
Matteson Ellis Comments on Implications for U.S. Companies Amid FTO Designations in KJZZ Phoenix | Miller & Chevalier
News khospital3 Tue, 05/27/2025 - 10:08 Featured On Publication Name KJZZ Phoenix Include Disclaimer Off News Type News Subtitle "Trump Designated Cartels as Terrorist Organizations. Suspects Are Now Facing the New Charge" Date 05.19.2025 Description Matteson Ellis commented on potential challenges for companies operating in Mexico as U.S. prosecutors bring terrorism-related charges against suspected members of Mexican drug cartels. "Sinc…
Donald Trump rekindles the alarms: he accuses the Mexican government of having links with drug trafficking and warns that lists are already being prepared in the White House with names of designated politicians. But, what is behind these statements? To what extent does the demand for drugs in the U.S. strengthen organized crime? What consequences has the policy of “arms, not bullets” left in Mexico? An urgent conversation about perception, reali…
The recent decision of the U.S. government to designate several Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations marks a turning point in the fight against organized crime, and would have profound economic implications for our country. Money laundering is the process of integrating funds whose origin is illicit into the legal economy, while the financing of terrorism refers to obtaining and using funds to support terrorist acts. In other words, while …
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