Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday, 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries followed the Trump administration’s lead by designating 24 cartels, prison gangs, and drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), laying the groundwork for potential U.S. military involvement in operations across the Western Hemisphere.The announcement came from the majority of the member-states of the Shield of the Americas, a loosely-formed coa

Source: Responsible Statecraft