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The Trump administration has announced that eight Latin American organized crime groups are terrorist organizations that pressurize the Mexico government and increase the possibility of US military intervention in the region to destroy them.
Six groups of the list are located in Mexico, including its two largest drug trafficking outfits, Cinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
According to a public notice published on Wednesday, the other two are known as MS -13, the train D Arguadu of Venezuela and Mara Salvatucha of Al Salvador.
US President Donald Trump has promised to carry out “wages war” on drug cartel, especially on his role supplying deadly opioid fantanel, which is a major cause of death among young people in the US. He has accused the Mexican government of an “unbearable alliance” with groups.
Trump said on Tuesday, “I think Mexico is largely run by Cartel and this is a sad thing to say, and if they want help with it, we will help them,” Trump said on Tuesday.
The Government of Mexico has previously rejected this characteristics and blamed the US to provide groups with high-caliber weapons and to fail to check money laundering from the sale of drugs on US earth.
It has also long lag behind against the involvement of drug trafficking and forced recovery in the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list with terrorist groups like the Islamic State and Hizbullah, both have been pushed back, both need different solutions Is.
In recent years, Cartels have deepened their regional control in Mexico, causing more murders near the record height.
The designation comes as Mexico is engaged in stressful discussion with the Trump administration during safety and migration to try to avoid 25 percent of its tariffs on most of its exports.
Left President Claudia Shinbam said on Wednesday that the US could call groups what it likes but will defend Mexico’s sovereignty.
“If this decree is about supernatural functions, we do not accept it, we think it is true that we have to move forward in joint investigation,” he said. “We do not accept violations of our sovereignty.”
This decision comes between increasing reports of more use of American reconnaissance drones on Mexico to gather intelligence information on groups. Experts say it also increases the possibility of American drone attacks on the Mexican sector.
“This declaration separates two attempts that were born separately; War on terror and war on drugs, “Mexican National Security Specialist and Professor at the University of Panmerican, Victor Ramirez said.
“You take drugs from the public safety sector and put it firmly in the argument of military threat.”
Representatives of Mexico’s financial sector said that it would also be affected. Although large banks already have to follow strict global-laundering rules, American restrictions will be worse for any rule, including asset freeze and criminal punishment.
Small and medium -sized banks, especially those who rely on third -party banks for transactions with the US, may be more impressed, they said.
BBVA Mexico chief economist Carlos Serano said, “I think banks have to be more careful in complying with the law.”
