Earlier this year, President Trump labeled several cartels and foreign gangs as terrorist organizations. Months later, the Department of Justice is working to stop those groups and hold them accountable for their crimes.

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Federal authorities recently charged leaders of the Sinaloa cartel’s Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) with a number of different crimes, including narco-terrorism, terrorism support, and international drug trafficking. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the DOJ is seeking “life in prison for these terrorists.”

From The Epoch Times:

Pedro Inzunza Noriega, 62, and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel, 33, are accused of leading the large-scale fentanyl production and trafficking operations, according to the indictment unsealed on May 13. They face life in prison if convicted on the narco-terrorism charge alone.

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Five other BLO leaders were also indicted in the case, which includes charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, and operating a continuing criminal enterprise. The group has allegedly carried out widespread violence in Mexico, including murders, kidnappings, and torture, to enforce control over drug routes and debt collection.

The DOJ says the BLO faction is responsible for “shootouts, murders, kidnappings, torture and violent collection of drug debts to sustain its operations” and “controls numerous territories and plazas throughout Mexico—including Tijuana—and operates with violent impunity, trafficking in deadly drugs, threatening communities, and targeting key officials, all while making millions of dollars from their criminal activities.”

Fentanyl has ravaged the United States, and many have lost family or friends to the dangerous drug. As the DOJ continues to fight the cartels, let’s pray for an end to drug addiction and gang violence in America.

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: CBP photo by Jerry Glaser)