President Donald Trump last month notified several congressional committees that the United States is in armed conflict with ‘terrorist’ drug cartels.
Oct. 2 President Donald Trump last month notified several congressional committees that the United States is in armed conflict with drug cartels that he has designated as terrorist organizations.
The notice to relevant congressional committees described drug cartels as «unlawful combatants» and comes after the military struck alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean Sea last month, including two from Venezuela, according to ABC News.
Those strikes killed 17 people aboard the targeted boats.
«The president directed the Department of War to conduct operations against them pursuant to the law of armed conflict», the notice to congressional committees says, as reported by The Hill.
«The United States has now reached a critical point where we must use force in self-defense and defense of others against the ongoing attacks by these designated terrorist organizations», the notice says.
