The attorneys general of 21 states in the US want Mexican drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations
There is an acute terrorist threat in America’s southern underbelly which the US government has so far failed to identify as a crisis, 21 state attorneys general in the US have claimed in a letter. In it, they are calling on authorities in Washington to officially designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, arguing that various criminal groups across the border have effectively created their own armed forces.
The letter, dated February 8 and spearheaded by Attorney General of Virginia Jason S. Miyares, opens up with a grim picture of a US drug problem that, the AGs claim, has killed more than 100,000 Americans over the past year. The officials noted that some 66% of these deaths were linked to synthetic opioid fentanyl and its equivalents, which they describe as a “deadly scourge.”
The representatives of 21 states, citing…
