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A truck burns on a street in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on Jan. 5, 2023, after Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, which set off gunfights and roadblocks. Martin Urista, File/AP Photo
The federal government has added seven new entities—five drug cartels and two street gangs—to its list of terrorist organizations as it ramps up its law enforcement posture in response to the U.S. tariff threat.
The United States also designated the same groups as foreign terrorist organizations last week.