DOJ Charges High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Suspects With ‘Narco-Terrorism’

The indictment follows Trump’s executive order earlier this year designating the Sinaloa cartel as a foreign terrorist organization.
DOJ Charges High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Suspects With ‘Narco-Terrorism’
Packets of fentanyl and methamphetamine seized from a truck crossing into Arizona from Mexico are displayed during a news conference at the Port of Nogales, Ariz., on Jan. 31, 2019. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Reuters
Chase Smith
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Federal authorities have charged alleged leaders of the Sinaloa cartel’s Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) with narco-terrorism, terrorism support, and international drug trafficking in what officials called a first-of-its-kind indictment targeting the cartel’s role in fueling the U.S. fentanyl crisis.

Sinaloa BLO is a powerful and violent faction of the Sinaloa cartel that is believed to be the world’s largest known fentanyl production network, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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