Since his first day back in office, President Donald Trump has taken steps to hinder drug trafficking organizations. On Jan. 20, one of his many executive orders called for drug cartels to be designated as transnational terrorist organizations. Since then, eight Latin American criminal groups — including the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels — have been sanctioned, and cartel members have begun to be prosecuted as terrorists.
The first individual indicted on charges of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization was María del Rosario Navarro Sánchez, also known as "La Chayo." According to U.S. prosecutors, she conspired with others to provide and attempted to provide grenades to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), among other charges.
