The White House has ruled out classifying Mexican cartels as terrorists

There White House of the UNITED STATES ensured that the appointment of the mexican cartels of drugs as terrorist groups “would not give us additional authority to what we already have”, this after the demands of some Republican lawmakers who ask that the us army fight these drug gangs.

During a press conference, the spokesperson for the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre was again questioned whether the president of UNITED STATES, Joe Bidenconsidered labeling the Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.

“Designating drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO), it wouldn’t give us any additional authority that we don’t already have at this point,” the White House spokeswoman said.

His response comes after Republican lawmakers introduced two bills on Wednesday (March 8) that advocate designating Mexican cartels as terrorists, which would allow the operation of the the American army in Mexican territory.

Jean Pierre He assured that the United States “has sanctions to fight against these cartels and we are not afraid to use them”, for which he recalled that the Treasury Department announced sanctions against these groups of drug traffickers, as well as those who profit from and help them. White House Spokesperson He clarified that the members of the cartels will no longer be able to use their relatives to manage their assets and evade authority because they too will be sanctioned.

During its conference on Tuesday 7 March, the white house spokesperson She was also asked about the classification of Mexican drug cartels, but her answer was “I have no news”.

On another side, Karine Jean-Pierre said he United States Government will do everything in its power to find those responsible for the kidnapping of four of its citizens in matamoros, Tamaulipaswhere there were two deaths, while he sent his condolences to the relatives of the deceased.

Additionally, the spokesperson explained that they continue to work hand in hand with the Mexican government to find those responsible.

“The Drug Enforcement Agency (FDA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are working closely with the Mexican government. I can’t say specifically who’s on the ground…but it’s clearly a priority for us and we want to get to the bottom of it all,” Jean-Perri said when asked by reporters about how companies cooperate. US security agencies with the Mexican authorities.

Meanwhile, this Wednesday afternoon, it was reported that the head of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), The way of Alexander Gertz met the White House National Security Advisor of the UNITED STATES, Liz Sherwood Randallin an effort to improve security between the two countries and just a day after finding the kidnapped American citizens.

« Meeting with the Attorney General Alexander Gertz and the White House national security adviser, Liz Sherwood Randall, to strengthen security cooperation and fight the scourge of fentanyl to better protect our two nations. #SeguridadCompartida”, the ambassador of the UNITED STATES in Mexico, Ken Salazar.

For his part, the spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, said on Tuesday that “we will always do what is most effective and what is in our power to hold them accountable”, while the attorney general Merrick Garland warns that bilateral relations need to be taken care of, but he does not object to this designation either. ECE