The Trump administration recently submitted a list of drug cartels to Congress for potential designation as foreign terrorist organizations. This move was in accordance with an executive order issued by President Trump on January 20, which required the State Department to recommend groups for such designation within 14 days.
The list includes notorious transnational gangs like MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as well as prominent cartels operating in Mexico such as the Sinaloa, Jalisco, Zetas, and Gulf cartels, Cartel Unidos, and La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM).
