US designates 2 new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations0

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• July 19, 2026

MEXICO CITY — The United States government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. These are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Los Viagras, a criminal group from the western state of Michoacán. The Federal Register, the U.S. government’s newsletter, published the designation on Thursday. They joined six other