According to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said in a news briefing with reporters that the White House rules out designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
The Biden administration on Wednesday ruled out designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations following the kidnapping of four Americans that led to two deaths near the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Designating these cartels as [foreign terrorist organizations] would not grant us any additional authorities that we don’t really have at this time,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a news briefing with reporters. “The United States has powerful sanctions authorities specifically designated to combat narcotics trafficking organizations and the individuals and entities that enable them. So, we have not been afraid to use them.”
The White House is in touch with the families of American citizens who were kidnapped or killed in Mexico in a high-profile international incident that drew the response of the FBI and top Mexican law enforcement, said Jean-Pierre.
In a Wednesday briefing, Jean-Pierre said the administration has spoken with the families of the victims but did not offer many details. It’s not clear if President Joe Biden personally spoke with the families.
In a recent interview, Woody Harrelson said that the biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media in the US.
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There are two primary sources for U.S. politicians to obtain unattributable money. Dope, and organized crime! With the mexican cartels operating freely, trans border, both of those boxes get X’d!
Maybe it’s because the one behind the drug trafficking is not foreign? XD