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These Are Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorists by the U.S.

President Trump has signed an order telling the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain criminal gangs that the United States has named terror organizations.

© Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

Police officers surrounding a man they accused of being a MS-13 gang member, in Ilopango, El Salvador, in 2018.
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How a Top Mexican Cartel Smuggles Fentanyl to the U.S.

New York Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting in the face of a crackdown by two governments.

© Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times

A liquid, made up of chemicals that help disguise the potent smell of fentanyl, is sprayed on a package.
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