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Thomas Graham in Mexico City

US adds Mexican cartels to list of foreign terrorist organisations

Members of the Mexican Army guard a street
Members of the Mexican army guard a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, in 2024. Photograph: Ivan Medina/AFP via Getty Images

The US has added six Mexican cartels to its list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), as it calls for the “total elimination” of the criminal groups trafficking drugs to the US.

Mexico’s two biggest organised crime groups, the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels, were among those added, as were Tren de Aragua and Mara Salvatrucha, groups with ties to Venezuela and El Salvador.

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