Trump list of US-designated ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ in Latin America grows to 22 – WTOP News
- 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. 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
The Washington Post
Trump list of US-designated 'foreign terrorist organizations' in Latin America grows to 22
The Trump administration has designated 22 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” adding a Guatemalan group added to the list on Friday
Trump list of US-designated 'foreign terrorist organizations'
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Trump administration has designated 22 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” adding a Guatemalan group to the list on Friday. The label was once reserved for groups like
Trump list of US-designated ‘foreign terrorist organizations’ in Latin America grows to 22 – WTOP News
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Trump administration has designated 22 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” adding a Guatemalan group to the list on Friday. The label was once reserved for groups like the Islamic State group or al-Qaida that use violence for political ends — not for money-focused crime rings....
The Toronto Star
US declares three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups, imposes sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has declared three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups for financing violence and crime with proceeds from drug trafficking.
Los Lorenzanas named Foreign Terrorist Organization; Los Huistas, Los Mendoza sanctioned for material support to Mexican cartels
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