Finally! Some GOP Members in Congress Attempt to Recognize Drug Cartels For What They Are

Daily Caller - Some Republicans in Congress are ratcheting up efforts to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups, making it easier for the U.S. to seize bank accounts and impose stiffer penalties on the gun runners who supply the groups with weapons. Mexican drug cartels have been blamed for more than 36,000 deaths in Mexico in the past five years. Their methods are brutal and include beheadings, torture and mass killings. Cartels such as Los Zetas and Sinaloa use terror to ensure their business – drugs and money – move freely throughout Mexico and across the U.S. border, said Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, on Wednesday at a House subcommittee hearing. “The barbarism – al Qaeda has nothing on these Mexican cartels,” McCraw said. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Finally! Some GOP Members in Congress Attempt to Recognize Drug Cartels For What They Are