Sec Rubio on designating drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Department of State · Sec Marco Rubio on designating drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
"We cannot continue to just treat these guys as local street gangs.
They have weaponry that looks like what terrorists, in some cases armies, have.
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They control territory in many cases ... It’s no longer a law enforcement issue.
It becomes a national security issue."

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