US EditionCartel drones ‘pose threat’ to US service members on border duty
- On January 20, 2025, in the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order announcing his intention to designate eight cartels, including six from Mexico such as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, as foreign terrorist organizations.
- This action was taken as part of Trump's renewed war on cartels, initiated on his first day in office, to combat the fentanyl crisis responsible for tens of thousands of overdose deaths in America, including nearly 75,000 in 2023.
- The designation would allow for counterterrorism measures, including covert operations and targeting cartel finances, to be employed against these notoriously brutal and corrupt organizations widely blamed for the drug epidemic in America.
- Experts like Henry Ziemer and Michael Ballard warned that this designation could expose American businesses with links to Mexico to prosecution, given cartel involvement in various industries, and that individuals sending money to relatives in Mexico could be implicated if the money ends up in cartel activity; Ziemer stated that the designation would make penalties for doing business with cartels much harsher.
- Trump's war on drugs has fueled a brewing trade war with Mexico, including a 25 percent tariff imposed earlier this month that was temporarily delayed until Apr 2, although the Mexican government has reportedly stepped up its policing of cartels, with the situation remaining fluid and the specifics of upcoming tariffs subject to change.
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KTSMCartel drones ‘pose threat’ to US service members on border duty
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Five House members are giving federal agencies 30 days to tell them if Mexican cartel drones pose a threat to U.S. service members on border duty. If so, they want to know what steps are in place to take them down.
Cotton highlights local FBI work amid intense U.S. Senate hearing | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- As U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's Democratic colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee lambasted Trump administration officials over one journalist's access to military plans, Arkansas' Republican junior senator praised federal law enforcement's efforts confronting drug trafficking in the Natural State.
Trump administration highlights drug cartels as major national security threat but omits climate change
The US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment led with the threat from drug cartels for apparently the first time in the report’s nearly 20-year history, according to Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton and a CNN review of previous assessments, highlighting a top agenda item for President Donald Trump.
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