Cartels on the Terrorist List?

Talking About Latin America by Adam Isacson

Mar 26, 202319:34News & Politics

Some in Washington are proposing putting Mexican criminal groups on the US government's terrorist list, or even using the US military against them on Mexican soil. Neither proposal gets at the problem of impunity for sta...

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