The United States Designates Criminal Organizations as “Terrorists” for the First Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9540549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tren De Aragua (corresponding author), Mara Salvatrucha, E See, Long Mtn Group, S King, Bank Habib, Ltd Ltd, S Habib, Bank Ltd, Atchley V, Astrazeneca Astrazeneca, D D (0000-0003-4222-489X), U Dep, Marc Tamasco, Pete Confirms |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 573-579 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ajil.2025.10092 |
| OpenAlex | W4414026192 |
| Language | EN |
The United States has designated criminal organizations as "terrorists" for the first time. 1 The new foreign terrorist organization (FTO) 2 and specially designated global terrorist (SDGT) 3 designations cover eight drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations, based in Mexico, El Salvador, and Venezuela, and two Haitian gangs. 4 Seven of the groups were previously sanctioned under counternarcotics and anti-crime authorities, 5 but the FTO and 1 Designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations has been proposed many times.Bills and resolutions have been introduced in Congress.See, e.g
Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |