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Trump directs feds to target cartels that threaten homeland security

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President Donald Trump is directing federal agencies to target Mexican cartels and other foreign groups that are a threat to American citizens and national security.

Trump ’s executive order designates Mexican cartels, the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua , Salvadoran La Mara Salvatrucha ( MS-13 ), and other organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) The order comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and 21 Republican attorneys general for years called on the Biden administration to do so.