By Daniel Zayas — In February 2025, the war on drugs that the United States has prosecuted since the Nixon administration reached a new degree of fervor with the designation of several Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). President Trump first floated the idea of designating the cartels as such during his previous administration, and one of his key campaign promises during his recent electoral campaign was to crack down on the cartels.[1] He followed through on th...
