Trump To Designate Mexican Drug Cartels As Terrorist Groups

President Trump announced that he plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as "terrorist groups". 

Thus far, the Mexican government has done little or nothing to eradicate the cartels.

The New York Post reported:

President Trump said he plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups and “start hitting them with drones.” 

“I don’t want to say what I’m going to do, but they will be designated,” Trump told former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly in a radio interview Tuesday. 

“I will be designating the cartels . . . absolutely. I have been working on that for the last 90 days,” he added. 

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador responded Wednesday, saying, “Cooperation, yes, interventionism, no.” 

The leftist leader noted that he asked Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to set up talks with Washington. Ebrard said he was “already in communication” with Team Trump.

Mick Rich, a Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate for New Mexico, noted:

The Mexican government has failed to stop the drug cartels, yet Ben Ray Lujan [Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate] wants open borders. That’s a dangerous combination. As your next U.S. Senator, I will treat drug cartels as terrorists. I take your security seriously.

Lujan's cousin, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, opposes the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

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