Trump declares a non -international armed conflict with drug cartels

The Trump administration sent a memo to Congress on Thursday saying that the United States was now “in a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, which administration officials have appointed “terrorist organizations”.

“The president has directed these actions in accordance with his responsibility to protect the Americans and the interests of the United States abroad and in the continuation of the interests of national security and foreign policy of the United States, in accordance with his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief and chief executive to lead foreign relations,” said the memo.

The White House said that the report had been published in the congress after the September 15 strike against “an designated terrorist organization” and “does not transmit any new information”.

In a statement to Fox News, the assistant press secretary of the White House, Anna Kelly, said that Trump had acted “in accordance with the law of armed conflicts to protect our country from those who try to bring deadly poison on our coasts, and he keeps his promise to take the cartels and eliminate these national security threats more Americans.”

The notification to the legislators of the Congress came as a democrats on key committees accused the administration of having exceeded its powers to use the army against the cartels, in particular following recent strikes on what the administration declared that it is drug counterparts in the Caribbean.

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President Donald Trump has targeted drug cartels as part of a strategy to combat illegal drug flow in the United States (Katopodis / Getty Images Tasos)

“The cartels involved have become more armed, well organized and violent,” said the memo. “They have financial means, sophistication and the paramilitary capacities necessary to operate with impunity.”

“They illegally and directly provoke the deaths of tens of thousands of American citizens each year,” he continued. “Although friendly foreign nations have made important efforts to fight against these organizations, undergoing significant lifestyles, these groups are now transnational and put the attacks in progress throughout the western hemisphere in the form of organized cartels. Consequently, the president has determined that these cartels are non -state armed groups, have designated them as a terrorist organization, and have determined that their actions are an armed attack on the United States. “

The memo specifically quotes the strike of September 15.

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“The ship was evaluated by the American intelligence community to join an designated terrorist organization and, at the time, engaged in the trade in illicit drugs, which could possibly kill the Americans,” he said.

Trump is committed to triggering the US military on drug cartels in the middle of an accumulation in the Caribbean while signing a series of US military strikes against the alleged Venezuela drug vessels to combat the flow of illegal drugs in the United States in the United States

In August, Trump approved the sending of several destroyers of missiles guided by the US Navy to strengthen the counter-nurses in the region.

At the time, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said his country was ready to respond to any attack. Maduro is accused by the administration of being a key figure in a “narco-terrorism” plot and leading a violent drug cartel.

USS seriously and several other destroyers have been deployed to Us Southern Command while the Trump administration takes drug cartels and President Nicolas Maduro. (Getty Images)

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