Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Legislation Classifying Drug Cartels As Terrorist Organizations

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced legislation Thursday that would label drug cartels as Foreign Terror Organizations (FTO) under federal law.

Titled the “Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act,” Roy’s bill would classify the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as terrorist organizations, according to the Daily Caller.