On Wednesday, President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to designate a number of violent cartel gangs as global terror organizations.
The official statement was made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and named nine gangs and cartel organizations to be designated as terror groups.
The list included the infamous Tren de Aragua gang, which has made headlines in the U.S. after numerous criminal acts have been attributed to the group. The gang reportedly took over an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, and later a condemned hotel in El Paso, Texas.
Also included in the list is the Venezuelan gang Mara Salvatrucha, which is known as MS-13, which has been linked to gruesome murders in the U.S. In one instance from 2017, gang members brutally murdered four teenagers in the woods of Long Island, New York. Police described the scene as a "bloodbath" and determined that the attackers had killed the teens because they had disrespected their gang on social media.
