The United States helps Bario 18 as a foreign terrorist organization

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that it was appointing Pario 18 as a foreign terrorist organization, saying that the gang had carried out attacks on officials, security personnel and civilians in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

The US State Department said that Bario 18 is one of the largest gangs in the northern hemisphere. releaseAdding that the appointment “also shows the Trump administration’s fixed commitment to dismantling the cartals and gangs and ensuring the safety of the American people.”

More than ten groups It has been appointed as foreign terrorist organizations since the start of President Trump’s second term. In an executive order for the month of February, Mr. Trump announced eight drug gangs as terrorist groups, including the drug Cartel Sinaloa, which is the largest drug smuggling organization in the world, and the new generation of Gillesco Cartel.

The appointment announced on Tuesday will put the Barrio 18 In the list Besides these and other organizations such as MS-13 and Tren De Aragua. Previously, the appointment was usually used for groups such as the Islamic State or Al Qaeda group that uses violence for political ends, rather than crime rings such as cartridges.

Bario 18 was also named after a specially dedicated “global terrorist”.

The Trump administration used the appointment of a foreign terrorist to justify multiple dead strikes on Boat He claims to carry drugs, including at least two of Venezuela coast. Many Democratic lawmakers have Once again the strikesOn the pretext that the administration has not been given a legal justification for the use of the army.

The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday: “The United States will continue to protect our nation by keeping illegal drugs from our streets and disrupting revenue flows that funded violent and criminal activity of evil gangs and drug gangs.”

Associated Press

He contributed to this report.