Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only impact Mexico if there’s close coordination between the two governments.

Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized Donald Trump’s executive order to label drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, emphasizing Mexico’s sovereignty and rejecting U.S. military intervention.

Trump’s order, part of broader measures on border security, could allow asset seizures and sanctions against cartels but faces skepticism for its effectiveness.

Experts warn it may complicate asylum claims, as migrants paying cartels for passage could face disqualification.

Critics see the move as political posturing, while some victims’ families hope the designation will bring justice and highlight Mexico’s cartel violence.

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    111·
    3 months ago

    Is there any legitimate argument that cartels aren’t terrorists? They seem to have successfully terrorized the local population in to compliance. They run militias and have military equipment.

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It’s not that cartels aren’t bad, but labeling them as terrorists groups gives the US different rights by international law. For example asylum seekers that use coyote to cross the border are labeled as criminals. Also “allows” the US to invade Mexico and deal with the terrorists

      • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        That’s orthogonal to the point though. Looking the other way in regards to cartel’s human smuggling isn’t helping asylum seekers, it’s enabling the criminal activity of the cartel. Similarly them being terrorists or not has little to do with US intervention.

  • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    3 months ago

    Very clever. Very very clever. Labelling them as terrorists gives the US the grounds for invading a country, as it has done before. As Russia did with Ukraine by claiming it’s infested with nazis.

    Unfortunately it’s not clever enough, as some regular dude like me can see right through it. But I guess being more clever is not necessary anymore.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Trump is giving us all a bone. Let’s chew on it real good. If I knew of any such terrorists in Mexico, I would totally love to see them meet US ordinance. Give them a middle finger for us all. Kind of unfortunately the militants tend to be poor people who are compelled by some abusive entity to do their bidding.

  • hooferboof@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    From the wording of the executive order its clear that the intent is drug cartels however since the language is so broad wouldn’t any organization that’s international and involved in price fixing or other cartel behavior have a grounds to be labeled as a terrorist organization? Like realpage?