The Trump administration expanded its use of terrorism authorities against Mexican criminal organizations on Thursday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing that the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras have been designated as both Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The move adds two more Mexican groups to the growing list of cartels formally labeled as terrorist organizations by the United States.
Rubio announced the decision in a post on X, writing: "Today, I designated two additional Mexican cartels, the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Under President Trump's leadership, we will never stop fighting against violent narco-terrorists from flooding our nation with deadly drugs."
