The United States Attorney General On February 7, a trade that marks the beginning of a strategy for the “total elimination” of the main Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations.
This document, published within the framework of President’s Security Policies Donald Trumpseeks to harden legal and operational actions against groups such as Sinaloa cartelhe New Generation Jalisco Cartel (CJNG)he Aragua train and the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).
This initiative includes the possibility of designating these organizations as terrorist groups, which would allow more severe measures against them.
According to the trade, dated January 20, President Trump ordered an exhaustive review of security strategies and current anti -narcotics laws.
The main objective is to dismantle drug trafficking and organized crime that operate both in Mexico and other countries in the region.
Among the proposed actions, the instruction to federal prosecutors is highlighted to present more serious charges against the leaders of these organizations, including crimes related to terrorism, organized crime and violations of the Law on the Appointment of Foreign drug traffickers.
The document details that prosecutors must focus on prosecuting the high controls of these criminal organizations, using all available legal tools.
In addition, the National Security Division (NSD) was instructed and the Violent and Extortion Crimes (VCRS) section of the Criminal Division so that, within a week, they will implement specific measures that strengthen this strategy.
The designation of cartels as terrorist organizations is one of the most relevant proposals of the plan. This classification would allow the US government to apply stricter sanctions, such as asset freezing, travel restrictions and the possibility of carrying out military operations against it.
These new implementations against criminal groups were considered racist by Mike Vigilformer Chief of International Operations of the Drug Control Administration (DEA), since he considered that the American president focuses solely on Hispanic criminal stracts.
“During the last eight years, when Donald Trump was president, he always talked about Hispanic gangs. For example, Mara Salvatrucha, and is now focusing on the Aragua train. All Hispanic gangs. He never mentions white supremacist gangs. For example, the Hells Angels (The angels of hell). Also the Aryan Brotherhood that in the United States has between 15 to 20 thousand individuals. They traffic drugs, traffic weapons, extortion, ”he said in an interview with Infobae Mexico The former DEA agent.
“You will never listen to Donald Trump saying something against the Aryan Brotherhood. Now he is talking about the Aragua train. Here (in the US) it has no power. Yes, there are some. Very little, but not enough to make a force. But he (Donald Trump) focuses on that. Nothing more to cause more hate, more, racism. ”
In addition, he criticized that the drug control administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) are stopping migrants instead of doing more investigations against criminal groups.
