Tag #Narco-Terrorism

What are the immediate implications of the narco-terrorism charges against the Sinaloa Cartel leaders?

On Tuesday, two Sinaloa Cartel leaders, Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son Pedro Inzunza Coronel, were indicted on narco-terrorism charges for allegedly trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl into the U.S. The indictment, the first from the DOJ's new Narco-Terrorism Unit, alleges they led a major fentanyl production network. This follows the Trump administration's designation of the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.