Virginia Leading Coalition Urging Biden Administration to Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

Virginia is is leading a coalition of 21 states calling on President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under federal law. Attorney General Jason Miyares says doing so will give state and federal law enforcement agencies increased authority to freeze cartel assets, deny entry to cartel members, and allow prosecutors to pursue stricter punishments against those who provide them material support.