Mexico to Extend Lawsuit Against US Armories, Who Sheinbaum Claims Could Be Cartel 'Accomplices,' If Trump Designates Ca

Mexico to Extend Lawsuit Against US Armories, Who Sheinbaum Claims Could Be Cartel 'Accomplices,' If Trump Designates Cartels Terrorists



Five Mexican groups, including the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, could be designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S.

Héctor Ríos Morales Héctor Ríos Morales / Published Feb 14 2025, 2:37 PM EST



Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Via Getty Images

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters during her Feb. 14 news conference that Mexico will seek to extend lawsuits against U.S. armories and firearm manufacturers if the Trump administration goes through with its intentions of designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

"If they label organized crime groups as terrorists, we will have no option than to extend our lawsuits against the U.S., because as the Justice Department has already confessed, 74% of all firearms in possession of drug cartels come from the U.S.," Sheinbaum said. "So, where do the armories stand after the designation?" she added.

Sheinbaum's comments come just hours after a report from The New York Times said a total of eight criminal groups rooted in Latin America were expected to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations.

More concretely, the State Department plans to designate the Colombian-based Clan del Golfo organization as well as five other cartels based in Mexico: the Sinaloa cartel, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cartel del Noroeste, La Familia Michoacana and the Carteles Unidos.

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