Anonymous ID: dab226 Feb. 20, 2019, 1:52 p.m. No.5289723   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>9987 >>0169

Republicans to push Pompeo to classify drug cartels as terrorists

 

According to a draft letter released Wednesday, Reps. Chip Roy of Texas and Mark Green of Tennessee plan to ask Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to designate select drug smuggling groups terrorists because they meet the government's criteria of being foreign organizations with the ability to take part in terrorist acts and threaten the security of U.S. citizens, U.S. national security personnel, and national interests.

 

"Cartels are the problem and it is time we started acting like it. These cartels undermine our national security with a relentless attack on our border while trafficking in human beings and dangerous narcotics,โ€ Roy said in a statement. โ€œCartels are endangering American citizens, our Mexican neighbors, and the migrants who seek to come here.โ€

 

The lawmakers identified the Reynosa/Los Metros arm of the Gulf Cartel, the Cartel Del Noreste arm of Los Zetas, and the Sinaloa Cartel's Jalisco New Generation arm as some of those meeting the criteria.