US adds Mexican cartels to list of foreign terrorist organisations

<p>Six cartels added to list as part of Trump’s plan to ‘wage war’ on drug trafficking groups to address fentanyl crisis in US</p><p>The US has added six Mexican cartels to its list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), as it calls for the “total elimination” of the criminal groups trafficking drugs to the US.</p><p>Mexico’s two biggest organised crime groups, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/jalisco-cartel-mexico-rise-guadalajara">Jalisco New Generation</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/12/mexico-sinaloa-cartel-war">Sinaloa cartels</a>, were among those added, as were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/01/tren-de-aragua-trump-organized-crime">Tren de Aragua</a> and Mara Salvatrucha, groups with ties to Venezuela and El Salvador.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/us-mexico-cartels-terrorism">Continue reading...</a>