This classification entailed the imposition of specific economic sanctions and a much stricter supervision of the financial transactions of the groups.But, has it weakened them?The post What happened in Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela after their criminal organizations were classified as terrorists by the U.S. appeared first on THE NATIONAL.
The official decision was published on the same day in the Federal Register, the U.S. Official Gazette. The document is signed by Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State. The measure gives Brazilian factions the same legal status as those groups that have been the subject of harsh interventions by Washington in Latin America for over a year, such as the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels in Mexico; the Aragua Train in Venezuela; and the G…