Rep. Roy introduces bill to designate Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is reintroducing legislation that would designate multiple Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, as pressure grows on Mexico.
The bill would also require the State Department to issue a report on those cartels and any additional cartels that meet the criteria for such a designation. The Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act by Fox News on Scribd Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
Cartels control large sections of the southern border on the Mexican side and facilitate the smuggling of drugs, illicit cargo and illegal migrants across the border – with most migrants having to pay cartel smugglers in order to be able to cross illegally into the United States. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.