The United States has designated Mexico’s Juarez Cartel and Los Alegres group as foreign terrorist organizations, marking a major escalation in Washington’s fight against drug cartels. The US State Department said the groups were involved in attacks affecting American citizens and interests, including a 2019 attack that killed nine members of the Mormon community in Mexico.

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept US help to destroy drug cartels that one grieving relative described as being "as bad or worse than ISIS.

Mexican cartels 'worse than IS': massacre victims' kin urge US help

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US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

US designates Mexican cartels as terror groups in major drug war escalation

Mexican cartels 'worse than IS': massacre victims' kin urge US help