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“Labeling cartels as terrorist groups allows United States to use other elements of American power to target these groups if opportunity exists Marco Rubio said”
Analyzed on 2026-09-30T02:41:25+00:00 · Last updated 2026-09-30
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Labeling the cartels as terrorist groups allows the United States “to use other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, whatever, to target these groups if we have an opportunity to do it,” Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser, said on Thursday in an interview with the Catholic news outlet EWTN.
Extracted from: Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels , The New York Times
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“Labeling the cartels as terrorist groups allows the United States “to use other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, whatever, to target these groups if we have an opportunity to do it,” Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser, said on Thursday in an interview with the Catholic news outlet EWTN.”
Trump Directs Military to Target Foreign Drug Cartels
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