Al-Qaeda
and Mexican drug cartels both are considered foreign terrorist organizations
according to President Trump. President Trump on Tuesday said he was in the process
of making the cartels considered foreign terrorist organizations according to the
United States Government. Mexico is against this idea because they want to work
out their internal problems by themselves. Mexican officials are also worried about
this designation because of the United State’s past with terrorist
organizations. Since 9/11, the United States has had the policy to defeat
terrorism no matter where it is at. The current administration has already said
they offered the Mexican government the opportunity for the U.S. military to go
into Mexico and “clear them out” but they refused this. While it is unlikely
that the United States military would go into Mexico with a military force, it
is still worrisome to the Mexican people. Just the idea that the United States
military could go into Mexico unauthorized is enough for them to be worried.
Mexico has stated that if the United States would enter Mexico without their permission,
this would go against their sovereignty and they would work within
international law.
If the
cartels were to be designated as terrorist organizations that would mean the members
of the cartels would not be allowed on US soil and if they were already in the
U.S., then they would face deportation. It would also mean that it is illegal
to support the groups in any way. This would probably affect people in the United States because over 150,000 firearms were traced from Mexican criminals
back to the United States in the form of factories or gun shops. If this were the
case, then business owners in the United States would not want to face the legal
issues of selling guns to these organizations. This might scale back the number
of guns in Mexico.
The designation of Mexican drug cartels as a terrorist group could have large implications
for both the United States and Mexico. However, there could also be little to
no impact. Everything depends on how the public and the respective governments
act if the designation goes through.
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