On Wednesday, House Freedom Caucus member Reps. Mark Green (R-TN) and Chip Roy (R-TX) announced a letter that they are sending to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging Pompeo to formally designate many of the leading violent drug cartels operating south of the border as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). The legislators identified the Reynosa/Los Metros arm of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste arm of Los Zetas, and the Sinaloa Cartel’s Jalisco New Generation offshoot as organizations that they believe presently meet the State Department’s official FTO designation definition.
“These groups use terror to intimidate and to advance their agenda,” the letter reads. “They threaten the stability of governments across the globe. Even the United Nation’s Security Council has recognized the clear link between drug trafficking and terrorism.”
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