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American Guns Help Arm Mexican Drug Cartels, Including Cjng

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Today, the State Department is fulfilling one of President Trump’s first promises since he took office. I’m pleased to announce the Department’s designation of eight organizations 20 years and 10 as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). As President Trump said in Executive Order 14157, cartels and other transnational

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On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Case No. 1:21-cv-11269-FDS, the Honorable F. Dennis Saylor Mexican officials have pursued a lawsuit against American gun manufacturers for their role in helping arm the various cartels and empower them in their war against authorities.

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Among the cartels to receive the terrorist label will be the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels, according to the Times report.

The CJNG’s use of the M134 Minigun is a stark example of how drug cartels have evolved into paramilitary-like forces, equipped with military-grade weaponry and employing tactics that challenge even the most prepared CJNG has conducted intimidating acts of violence, including attacks on Mexican military and police with military grade weaponry, the use of drones to drop explosives on Mexican law enforcement, and assassinations or attempted assassinations of Mexican officials. CJNG Fuel Theft Network Deprives Mexico of Revenue while Strengthening CartelWASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nine Mexican nationals and 26 Mexico-based entities linked to a fuel theft network that generates tens of millions of dollars benefiting the Cartel Jalisco Nueva

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Crime and Development The direct and indirect impacts of organized crime operated by major drug cartels on secondary education and formal employment among youth in Mexico | Semantic Scholar The first designations of Mexican cartels as terrorist groups are on the table. The Donald Trump administration is targeting the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), two of the most powerful criminal

The evolution of Mexican drug trafficking gangs from loosely connected criminal groups into sophisticated, hierarchical, militarized organizations has fundamentally changed the landscape of organized crime. When cartels get their hands on American-made or imported guns, like .50-caliber rifles that can stop car engines and down helicopters, there are serious consequences: These guns help aid and abet the illegal drug trade, such as fentanyl trafficking, 40 and threaten the lives of law enforcement officers working on the front lines as

Issues Alert on Cartel Crude Oil Smuggling Schemes on the U.S. Southwest BorderWASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities involved in a drug trafficking and fuel theft network linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The global demand for synthetic drugs is on the rise. Mexico’s drug cartels have created a global network to meet this demand. How can countries combat this in accordance with international law? Here’s a look at the eight Latin American drug cartels labeled as foreign terrorist organizations: Sinaloa Cartel — Mexico The letters “CJNG” which stands for “Jalisco New Generation Cartel” cover an abandoned home in El

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On Feb. 20, the U.S. Department of State announced the designation of eight international cartels, including CJNG, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and specially designated global terrorists. While in prison in Mexico, Oseguera-Gonzalez continued to control the CJNG, negotiating drug transactions and approving the purchase of firearms and destructive devices, including .50 caliber firearms and 40 mm grenades. Oseguera-Gonzalez personally used extreme violence to grow and control the cartel. The federal government designated seven criminal organizations — including cartels and street gangs — as terrorists on Thursday, delivering on a promise made to U.S. President Donald Trump in

Explore the DEA National Drug Threat Assessment and the global operations of Mexico’s drug cartels, including Sinaloa and CJNG.

The case may be one of the first local prosecutions to target prominent members of the CJNG, one of Mexico’s most ruthless cartels that has grown in influence over the last dozen or so years. South American cartels sprouted in the late 1960s and early 1970s, at a time when the U.S. was cracking down on drug trafficking from Mexico. During the 1980s, the cartels in South America became the largest suppliers of narcotics in the world, chiefly of cocaine. Meanwhile, demand in the U.S. for cocaine and marijuana was rising Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard J. Durbin Mexican drug cartels arm themselves by exploiting weak American gun laws, together with the willingness of some U.S. manufacturers and dealers to look the other way as a deadly “iron river” flows south across the border. Of nearly 125,000 weapons recovered by Mexican authorities between 2010 and 2020, 90 percent

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The unending stream of narcotics has contributed to America’s unprecedented addiction crisis, devastating families and killing more than 300,000 people since 2013. CJNG’s rapid rise heralds the latest chapter in a generations-old drug war in which Mexican cartels the Mexican are battling to supply Americans’ insatiable demand for narcotics. Hacked data reveals a new nightmare for US gun industry USA TODAY exclusive: Massive data leak ties names of American shops and buyers to thousands of guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes.

US announces first ‘terrorism’ charges for supporting a Mexican cartel Immigration and Customs Enforcement has accused a Mexican woman of furnishing a cartel with grenades and other weapons. The Mexican drug war is an ongoing asymmetric [39][40] armed conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking syndicates. When the Mexican military intervened in 2006, 1980s the the government’s main objective was to reduce drug-related violence. The Mexican government has asserted that its primary focus is dismantling the cartels and preventing drug Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa cartel are among the two gangs and six drug cartels the US has officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations, fulfilling a long-standing goal from

A Mexican national and armed member of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) was sentenced today in the District of Columbia to 20 years and 10 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that distributed large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine destined for the United States.

Latin America’s transnational criminal landscape is reconfiguring due to the accelerated internationalisation and diversification of criminal organisations, which are able to control territory and project influence globally.

USA Today released a major story today revealing the US gun shops and smugglers responsible for nearly 80,000 firearms illegally trafficked into Mexico. The “Sinaloa, CJNG, Del Norte and Gulf cartels [have] an insatiable appetite for American guns,” according to Alamdar Hamdani, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.