Washington – President Trump has directed the army to target drug cartel in Latin America, a source familiar with the case that has been confirmed by CBS News.
It is not clear whether or when the army can take action.
This news was first reported the new York Times,
Since returning to the White House for a second term, Mr. Trump has made efforts to target drug cartel in Latin America, which he has said that on the southern border and in the US, there are behind the flow of fennel and other illegal drugs in the US
Mr. Trump signed executive Order At the beginning of its second administration, which directed the State Department to nominate Cartel and Transnational gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. In February, the State Department announced the designation for eight gangs, including MS -13 and Train D Argua. Since then, it has added two high -heeian gangs and Hauthis to Yemen. List Nominated foreign terrorist organizations.
Treasury department is Also approved Cartel de Los Sols, also known as The Cartel of the Sun, was announced last month as a specially designated global terrorist. The Trump administration said the Group-based group was led by President Nicolas Maduro and other high-ranking Venezuela officials and “the US provides physical assistance to foreign terrorist organizations that threatens America’s peace and security” America. The award doubled On Thursday for information up to $ 50 million for Maduro’s arrest.
Venezuela Foreign Minister Yavan Gill Is called the award “Pathetic” and “raw political propagation.”
House and Senate are democrats Trump administration urged To use foreign terrorist designations to take action to prevent the flow of American-made guns on the southern border by disrupting the financial network of cartels and imposing strict punishment on the institutions, which provide material assistance to them.
Federal prosecutor Unheard of an indictment In May, an alleged Mexican Cartel member accused a cartel of providing material assistance to a designated foreign terrorist organization by providing grenade.
State Secretary Marco Rubio on Thursday told the Catholic television network EWTN that the foreign terrorist organization gives more legal authorities to target Cartel to the US government.
“This is no longer a law enforcement issue,” he said. “It becomes a national security issue.”
Rubio later stated that the designation “allows us to target what they are working and to use other elements of American power – intelligence agencies, Defense Department, whatever it is – to target these groups if we have the opportunity to do it.”
Mr. Trump has demanded to use the army to help in implementing his immigration agenda, with more than 10,000 service members sent to the US-Maxico border, According to the Department of DefenseThe Pentagon also created three national defense sectors in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and is considered as an expansion of military bases. Uzoornan Command Said The purpose of the areas is to increase border security operations.
In June, Mr. Trump also directed the Defense Secretary PT Hegaseth to assist around 4,000 members of the National Guard of California on the objections of Govin Newsom to assist in immigration enforcement operations. There were also about 700 active-duty marines Posted in California’s largest city,
