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This bill — the Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act — would designate three specific Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). This would have the effect of: 1) making it illegal for anyone to assist cartels or their employees, 2) blocking all identified cartel personnel from legally entering the U.S., 3) allowing the Treasury Secretary to block all cartel assets, and 4) “further stigmatizing” cartels at home and abroad.

The cartels that’d be designated FTOs under this bill are:

Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel.
Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas.

","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on the designation of the Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.","short_title":"Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act","popular_title":null,"short_summary":"Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on specified Mexican drug cartels and determine whether they qualify as foreign terrorist organizations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The State Department shall explain in detail its reasoning if it concludes that any of the specified cartels do not qualify. 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