The United States will classify 5 cartels as terrorists, according to The New York Times

The newspaper The New York Times He said Thursday February 13 that the State Department of USA He gets ready to designate eight organizations of organized crime in Latin America as terrorists, including five Mexican drug cartels.

The American media, which cites five officials in that country, points out that the action is imminent. According to these sources, the Mexican cartels that will be included are: The Sinaloa Cartel, the New Generation poster (CNG), the Northeast Cartel, the Michoacan family and the United Cartels.

In addition to these groups, they would be designated terrorist he Aragua trainVenezuelan criminal organization; and the Mara Salvatruchaor MS-13, founded in the United States by Salvadoran migrants, and Gulf clanColombian criminal group.

The sources said the list could vary from here to make the official designation.

On January 20, he barely swore the position, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpsigned an executive order on appointing cartels terrorists, without specifying. Instead, it did specifically mentioned the Aragua Train and the MS-13.

The order gives the Secretary of State, Marco Rubiotwo weeks to make the designations, after consulting with members of the cabinet. According to him Timesthe announcement could occur this week.

The cartels are a threat to national security: United States

The order indicates that the cartels “They constitute a threat to national security beyond what represents traditional organized crime” and that the United States “would guarantee the total elimination” of the groups.

The classification of cartels and these groups as terrorists allows the United States government Impose broad economic sanctions on groups and people or entities linked to them.

The sources told The New York Times that the State Department has already informed several Congress committees of the next designations.

The Gulf Clan had not been mentioned, but, according to one of the sources, would have been added for its role in migrant traffic. The clan mostly controls the area of ​​the Darien plug, which connects South America with North America and where thousands of migrants cross on the way to the United States.

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