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2019-02-21 Home Front: WoT

Congressmen to State Department: We Need to Classify Drug Cartels As Terrorists

[Townhall] Republican Congressmen Chip Roy (TX) and Dr. Mark Green (TN) believe Mexico's drug cartels should be classified as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), according to Breitbart. The two Republicans plan to send a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asking for the declaration.

"Cartels are the problem and it is time we started acting like it. These cartels undermine our national security with a relentless attack on our border while trafficking in human beings and dangerous narcotics," Rep. Roy said statement. "Cartels are endangering American citizens, our Mexican neighbors, and the migrants who seek to come here. I am proud to join my friend Rep. Mark Green to urge the State Department to consider designating them as a Foreign Terror Organization."

The specific cartels Reps. Roy and Green want to be considered FTOs include:

• The Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel
• The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas
• The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, an offshoot of the Sinaloa Cartel

Breitbart's Brandon Darby has followed border related issues for years. He explained why these various cartels deserve to receive the FTO classification:

Posted by Besoeker 2019-02-21 07:45|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 I'm good with this. Lets go after them like we do terrorists...

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-02-21 08:52|| 2019-02-21 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Given how connected the cartels are with nihadi groups nowadays... Remember the kerfuffle at one of our western ports not long ago, resulting from the burgeoning trade beteen one of the cartels and Australia’s jihadi-infused “bikie gangs”?

Posted by trailing wife 2019-02-21 09:06|| 2019-02-21 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Would NORMAL and the California/Colorado/Washington/Oregon/mj-legal states then be classified as terrorists?

Posted by 3dc 2019-02-21 10:55|| 2019-02-21 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 They are enemies and terrorists. They are attacking this country and is citizens in a different way. It is beyond a law enforcement problem.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-02-21 11:14|| 2019-02-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 this is a good idea

Posted by 746 2019-02-21 14:45|| 2019-02-21 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Bad idea. Yet another excuse for further police state powers, like the Department of Homeland Security and others.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-02-21 20:20|| 2019-02-21 20:20|| Front Page Top

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