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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, October 2 (Xinhua) — US President Donald Trump notified Congress that the country is in a state of "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, which his administration has designated as terrorist organizations. This was reported by local media on Thursday.
D. Trump has determined that these cartels are non-state armed groups, classifying them as terrorist organizations whose actions amount to an armed attack on the United States, according to a White House memorandum.
According to the document, these groups are now transnational and carry out attacks throughout the Western Hemisphere as organized cartels.
The memorandum does not specify which cartels are being referred to or how US authorities linked the suspects to these organizations.
Last month, US forces sank three ships in international waters south of the Caribbean, allegedly from Venezuela, killing 17 people. A memo described the victims as "unlawful combatants" and justified the US strikes as self-defense.
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