US adds Mexican cartels to list of foreign terrorist organisations

Six cartels added to list as part of Trump's plan to wage war' on drug trafficking groups to address fentanyl crisis in US

The US has added six Mexican cartels to its list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), as it calls for the total elimination" of the criminal groups trafficking drugs to the US.

Mexico's two biggest organised crime groups, the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels, were among those added, as were Tren de Aragua and Mara Salvatrucha, groups with ties to Venezuela and El Salvador.