"President Donald Trump has notified Congress that his administration has determined that members of drug cartels are unlawful combatants with which the United States is engaged in non-international armed conflict, according to US media. The memo, reported by The Associated Press news agency and The New York Times on Thursday, comes after the US military last month struck three alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean, killing 17 people."
"Although friendly foreign nations have made significant efforts to combat these organizations, suffering significant losses of life, these groups are now transnational and conduct ongoing attacks throughout the Western Hemisphere as organized cartels, the memo said, as reported by the AP. Therefore, the President determined these cartels are non-state armed groups, designated them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States, it added."
President Donald Trump has notified Congress that his administration views members of drug cartels as unlawful combatants and considers the United States engaged in a non-international armed conflict with them. The US military struck three alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean last month, killing 17 people. Rights observers and war powers scholars have said the attacks appear illegal under US and international law and likened them to extrajudicial killings. The administration frames cartels as transnational, organized groups and has designated them as terrorist organizations, arguing their actions constitute armed attacks against the United States.
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