SCMP/Washington Post: Outcry from Mexico at Trump plan to designate its drug cartels as terrorists
* US President Donald Trump claims Mexican drug cartels are to blame for 100,000 American deaths a year
* The US Foreign Terror Organisation list includes Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram in Nigeria
Mexico’s government expressed alarm after US President Donald Trump said he was planning to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations, a move that officials here fear could complicate security cooperation and trade between the neighbours.
“Mexico will never accept any action that violates our national sovereignty,” Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted.
“We will act firmly. I have sent our position to the US as well as our resolution on combating transnational organised crime.”
The Foreign Ministry said Ebrard would contact Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to set up an urgent meeting to discuss “this theme of high relevance for the bilateral agenda”.
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Update #1: Mexico Pushes Back Against Trump Plan To Label Cartels Terror Groups (Zero Hedge)
Update #2: Mexico Responds To Trump Decision To Designate Cartels As Terrorist Organizations (Daily Wire)
WNU Editor: President Trump commitment to designate these groups as terrorists can be heard in the above video. Mexico's alarm on this development is not a surprise. But the Mexican government must know that the current strategy of stopping these criminal organizations is not working. In fact it is reaching levels of violence that is unprecedented.
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