The US administration had already designated certain Latin American drug cartels as ‘terrorist groups’
US President Donald Trump has secretly ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against Latin American drug cartels previously labeled ‘terrorist organizations’, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The new presidential directive provides an official basis for the use of the US military in operations against cartels at sea and on foreign soil. The Pentagon has already started drawing up options the military could use in going after such organizations, the sources told the NYT.
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