WILLIAM BENNETT: We owe it to our fallen to wage war against Mexican cartels

Cartels killed more than 1 million Americans since 1999 and the raid on Mexico's El Mencho should just be a part of a needed war against narco-terrorists.

The Trump administration rightfully designated all six major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, but they are more than that.  William J. Bennett joined FNC as a contributor in 2017.

Six major Mexican cartels dominate the flow of deadly drugs into the United States. The CJNG is the most savage. Its sales of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine top $12 billion annually. Inside Mexico, it uses mass executions, torture and kidnappings to strike fear into both the population and law enforcement. The former Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan and the nation's first Drug Czar under President George H.W. Bush, Bennett is one of America's most recognized voices on cultural, political and educational issues. He also served as a professor at Boston University, the University of Texas, and Harvard University.

The Trump administration rightfully designated all six major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, but they are more than that. They are among the most powerful criminal organizations the world has ever seen, and the single deadliest enemy in American history. A native of Brooklyn in New York City, Bennett studied philosophy at Williams College (B.A.) and the University of Texas (Ph.D.) and earned a law degree (J.D.) from Harvard.