US Designates Guatemalan Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, Citing Belize Operations
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 13.
And while everyone in officialdom is smiling and glad-handing with Uncle Sam, the Trump Administration has cast a frown on Guatemalan cartels. The US government has formally designated three major Guatemala-based drug-trafficking organizations as terrorist entities, with accompanying Treasury sanctions. In a press statement issued today, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the Trump Administration is imposing terrorist designations against Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas, and Los Mendoza.Washington accuses all three criminal networks of maintaining deep operational ties with…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Nov 13, 10:55 PM UTCFirst reportLos carteles de Guatemala: designados terroristas por EEUU y con poderosos tentáculostvn-2.com ↗
- Nov 14, 6:46 AM UTC+8 h· you’re reading thisUS Designates Guatemalan Cartels as Terrorist Organizations, Citing Belize Operations7newsbelize.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 6:46 AM UTC · +8 h
[Claude] Report 2 is a Spanish-language follow-up on the same US terrorist designation of Guatemalan cartels, adding context on their links to businesspeople and officials, with no conflicting facts.
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