US EditionTrump seeks to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, aiming to combat violence and drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
- The order identifies threats from Mexican cartels and groups like Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and El Salvador's MS-13 as endangering U.S. Security and regional stability.
- The policy responds to increased cartel violence in Mexico, particularly internal conflicts within the Sinaloa cartel causing rising bloodshed.
- Vanda Felbab-Brown, an expert from the Brookings Institution, stated the order could have 'huge implications from trade to migrants.
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