Texas declares Mexican cartels terrorists – The Mazatlán Post

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order to designate the Cartel of Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as terrorist groups and instructed the state Department of Public Security to take immediate measures to guarantee the safety of citizens in the midst of a national crisis due to the consumption and trafficking of fentanyl.

Abbott reported that he sent a request in a letter addressed to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris, to declare the Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, as well as other organized crime groups that produce and traffic in fentanyl. .

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“Cartels are terrorists, and it’s time we treat them that way. In fact, more Americans died from fentanyl poisoning last year than all terrorist attacks worldwide in the last 100 years,” the governor said during a news conference.

Fentanyl is a clandestine killer, & Texans are victimized by Mexican cartels that produce & import it.

Today, I issued an Executive Order designating cartels as terrorist organizations & directed @TxDPS to take immediate action to disrupt cartel & gang activity.

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) September 21, 2022

“Fentanyl is a clandestine killer and Texans are falling victim to the Mexican cartels that produce it,” Abbott added.

The governor asked his security department to apply the law against criminal groups such as gangs that work with Mexican drug cartels, for which he asked to interrupt their operating networks in Texas communities.

He denounced that Mexican cartels are counterfeiting fentanyl pills with synthetic opioids and that this is costing Texans their lives, Abbott said.

The letter was also directed to state agency leaders to intensify efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis and called for the next legislative session to address the issue by applying statutory changes, budget priorities, and other initiatives that improve the state’s ability to combat fentanyl. death from fentanyl nationwide.