President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday saying the United States would designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations in a move that could push a militarized agenda for the border and Latin America. The designation allows the government to use military intelligence and other capabilities to investigate the groups, its members and its material supporters.
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00:42Meantime, a long anticipated threat in the fight against drug cartels has become a reality.
00:48President Trump officially designating them as foreign terrorist organizations.
00:53This decision previously facing opposition from Mexican leaders.
00:57News Nation's Jorge Ventura joining us with more on this from Texas.
01:00Jorge, good morning to you.
01:01What does this new designation mean for the fight against these dangerous cartels?
01:06Well, Marnie, good morning.
01:09Now with this designation, Mexican cartels now will be joining a list of foreign terrorist
01:13organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS.
01:16It is a move that can actually make it politically easier for President Trump to send U.S. troops
01:21to Mexico without the approval of Congress.
01:23Now, this designation will target criminal organizations like the Sinaloa and the Jalisco
01:28New Generations cartels, which are involved in human trafficking, violent crimes, but
01:32also fueling the fentanyl crisis here in the United States.
01:35Now under U.S. law, this designation does allow the U.S. government to freeze cartel
01:39money, ban travel and punish anyone helping these criminal groups.
01:44Officials say that Mexican cartel operations across the border threaten U.S. safety and
01:48security.
01:49Mexican leaders, including former President López Obrador and President Scheinbaum, are
01:53opposing the move, fearing that it could justify U.S. military action on U.S. soil.
01:59And when asked whether U.S. forces could be sent to Mexico when he was signing those executive
02:03orders, Marnie, Trump did say that it could happen right now.
02:07We'll just have to wait and see.
02:09Marnie.
02:10Jorge, are there other groups that are targeted under this designation, or is it solely focused
02:14on the cartels?
02:17Sean, in that new executive order, President Trump is also targeting MS-13.
02:21That's the Salvadoran gang as a foreign terrorist organization, but also adding the Venezuelan
02:26gang Train de Aragua.
02:28According to Borizar Tom-Holman, who did speak with NewsNation back in December, he says
02:32that Train de Aragua gang is already active in 16 states, and here in Texas, the Venezuelan
02:37gang already has an active presence in El Paso, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
02:41Now, according to President Trump, he says he will use the full and immense power of
02:45federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign criminal networks
02:50here in the United States through the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which does allow the
02:54U.S. government to round up foreigners who are citizens of a country that Congress has
02:58declared war on or has engaged in invasion.
03:01Now, President Trump on Monday also declared an official emergency on the southern border,
03:05saying, quote, cartels control vast territories just south of our southern border, effectively
03:10controlling who can and cannot travel to the United States from Mexico.
03:14Hundreds of thousands of Americans have tragically died from drug overdoses because of the illicit
03:18narcotics that have flowed across the southern border.
03:21For now, the decision to intensify the battle against U.S. cartels will most likely get
03:26some pushback, Marni, from President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says she does oppose it, and
03:31just about 30 minutes ago in her morning brief conference, she did say that Mexico is a sovereign
03:37nation.
03:38Marni.
03:39All right, Jorge Ventura, thank you for that update.
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