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2019-11-27 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexican Cartels ‘Will Be Designated' as Terrorist Organizations, Says President Trump

[Breitbart] President Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly he will designate some Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO). His comments came during an interview released on Tuesday.

"The Mexican drug cartels kill more than 100,000 Americans every year by the importation of dangerous narcotics," O’Reilly said to President Trump during an interview aired on O’Reilly.com. "Are you going to designate those cartels in Mexico as terror groups?"

"They will be designated ... I have offered him (the Mexican president) to let us go in and clean it out," President Trump responded. "He, so far, has rejected the offer. But at some point, something has to be done."

The president explained that the cartels have "unlimited money" from drug smuggling and human trafficking.

"I’ve been working on that for the last 90 days," Trump stated. "You know, designation is not that easy, you have to go through a process, and we are well into that process."

The President told Breitbart News earlier this year that he was thinking about the designation. "We’re thinking about doing it very seriously. In fact, we’ve been thinking about it for a long time," he said during an Oval Office interview.

"It’s psychological, but it’s also economic," the President explained. "As terrorists ‐ as terrorist organizations, the answer is yes. They are."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-27 01:36|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top
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#1 Isn't it violation of their constitutional rights - as, at least potential, undocumented Americans?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-27 04:39|| 2019-11-27 04:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Judging by the university gig of noted Weather Underground terrorist and Obama pal Bill Ayers, the answer is no.

Posted by SteveS 2019-11-27 05:59|| 2019-11-27 05:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Impressive Jalisco New Generation Cartel (JNGC) promo photo, weapons, fatigues, boots, matching balaclavas, etc. Something from Erik Holder or the intelligence community will surely be forthcoming.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-27 08:20|| 2019-11-27 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 In practical terms what does this mean? Bank accounts can be seized? members caught in US territory can be shot? Occasional drone fly-overs of cartel homes?

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-11-27 10:02|| 2019-11-27 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Re #3: .50 cal was obviously sold in a US gun store; if only the US disn't have the 2ndA, Mexico would be a paradise.

Posted by Mercutio 2019-11-27 10:40|| 2019-11-27 10:40|| Front Page Top

#6 In practical terms what does this mean?

It will give local police more access to federal agencies when interdicting drug crimes in 'no-go' neighborhoods.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-11-27 11:13|| 2019-11-27 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Why wasn't this done a long time ago?

Posted by chris 2019-11-27 16:15|| 2019-11-27 16:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Why wasn't this done a long time ago?

Because President Obama thought drugs were a good thing.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-27 20:23|| 2019-11-27 20:23|| Front Page Top

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