Trump list of US-designated ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ in Latin America grows to 22
Treasury sanctions freeze U.S.-linked assets and bar Americans from dealing with the groups, which officials say help move fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine north.
- On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Los Mendoza, Los Huistas, and Los Lorenzana as international terrorists, citing their deep ties to Mexican drug cartels facilitating narcotics trafficking.
- Federal officials say these groups serve as essential logistics partners for the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, moving fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine toward the United States.
- Operating across regions like San Marcos, Huehuetenango, and Peten, the organizations provide secret airstrips and storage sites while maintaining influence through relationships with local officials and business owners.
- Treasury Department sanctions freeze the groups' assets in the United States, and any business owned 50 percent or more by them is blocked from American transactions.
- The Trump Administration continues using tools to disrupt revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists, with Rubio stating, "We will not stand by while these foreign terrorist organizations corrupt Guatemala's institutions.
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U.S. authorities identified suspected links between criminal groups in Guatemala and Mexican cartels, which facilitate operations.
The US sanctioned Los Mendoza and Los Huistas, Guatemalan groups linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG, for facilitating drug trafficking to Mexico.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has designated three Guatemalan gangster clans as terrorist groups because they finance violence and crime with the proceeds of drug trafficking.
The Lorenzana, the Huistas and Los Mendoza, named this Friday by the United States as terrorist groups, are the most powerful criminal organizations in Guatemala, operating autonomously but in close alliance with the Mexican cartels.
The U.S. has added three Guatemalan criminal groups to the list of terrorist organizations, and reported to Marco Rubio on social media. "Under the leadership of President Trump, the U.S. will never stop fighting brutal drug terrorism and its political patrons, who have flooded the US with deadly drugs," the report says.
U.S. Designates Three Drug Trafficking Gangs as Terrorist Organizations in Guatemala · Global Voices
The State Department includes in its blacklist Los Lorenzana, Los Huistas and Los Mendoza for funding and supplying drugs to Mexican cartels
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