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A Senior US Official Warns that Cartels Will Not Be Able to Resort to the "Legal War"

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After his return to the White House in 2025, Donald Trump signed a presidential decree declaring the most important drug cartels and organized crime groups in Latin America to be "terrorist organizations." And more than a year ago he launched a campaign of bombings against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the East Pacific, which has left more than 200 dead. Washington will not allow "the right of war to be turned into a unilat…

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After his return to the White House in 2025, Donald Trump signed a presidential decree declaring the most important drug cartels and organized crime groups in Latin America to be "terrorist organizations." And more than a year ago he launched a campaign of bombings against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the East Pacific, which has left more than 200 dead. Washington will not allow "the right of war to be turned into a unilat…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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A senior U.S. official said today in Santo Domingo that his country will prevent drug cartels designated as terrorists from using the "legal war" to protect themselves from actions against drug trafficking. Following his return to the White House in 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a presidential decree declaring the most important drug cartels and organized crime groups in Latin America "terrorist organizations." And more than a year ag…

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Washington will not allow "the right of war to be turned into a unilateral shield by terrorists who do not respect any law," said Eric Geressy, an adviser to the U.S. Department of War.

·Mexico City, Mexico
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Reforma broke the news in Monterrey, Mexico on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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