Summary
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized Donald Trump’s executive order to label drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, emphasizing Mexico’s sovereignty and rejecting U.S. military intervention.
Trump’s order, part of broader measures on border security, could allow asset seizures and sanctions against cartels but faces skepticism for its effectiveness.
Experts warn it may complicate asylum claims, as migrants paying cartels for passage could face disqualification.
Critics see the move as political posturing, while some victims’ families hope the designation will bring justice and highlight Mexico’s cartel violence.
From the wording of the executive order its clear that the intent is drug cartels however since the language is so broad wouldn’t any organization that’s international and involved in price fixing or other cartel behavior have a grounds to be labeled as a terrorist organization? Like realpage?
Trump is giving us all a bone. Let’s chew on it real good. If I knew of any such terrorists in Mexico, I would totally love to see them meet US ordinance. Give them a middle finger for us all. Kind of unfortunately the militants tend to be poor people who are compelled by some abusive entity to do their bidding.
Is there any legitimate argument that cartels aren’t terrorists? They seem to have successfully terrorized the local population in to compliance. They run militias and have military equipment.
It’s not that cartels aren’t bad, but labeling them as terrorists groups gives the US different rights by international law. For example asylum seekers that use coyote to cross the border are labeled as criminals. Also “allows” the US to invade Mexico and deal with the terrorists
That’s orthogonal to the point though. Looking the other way in regards to cartel’s human smuggling isn’t helping asylum seekers, it’s enabling the criminal activity of the cartel. Similarly them being terrorists or not has little to do with US intervention.
Experts warn it may complicate asylum claims, as migrants paying cartels for passage could face disqualification.
That sounds like a win-win for the Führer.
I swear I’ve seen this movie before. It was based on some book by a guy named Tom… /s
Anyone laying odds for how long it’ll take for Trump to decide to invade Mexico? I’d give it two quarters, max.
Can EU just declare maga as terrorist, then invade us to liberate us?
Very clever. Very very clever. Labelling them as terrorists gives the US the grounds for invading a country, as it has done before. As Russia did with Ukraine by claiming it’s infested with nazis.
Unfortunately it’s not clever enough, as some regular dude like me can see right through it. But I guess being more clever is not necessary anymore.
If your country has anyone in it that the US has decided to call “terrorists,” better start massing troops.
Trump’s order, part of broader measures on border security, could allow asset seizures and sanctions against cartels
In foreign borders?
You make it sound like they haven’t done this before.
I thought (hoped) they do get smarter. Everywhere USA interfered is now a mess.
And with Trump wanting to concentrate more on domestic things… weird that they (conservative leaders) then always want to increase their borders, despite already not being able to maintain the areas they have.
