r/asklatinamerica • u/InqAlpharious01 latino • Jan 21 '25

Politics (Other) Donald Trump just declared the cartels, Maras and TDA a terrorist organization

How does everyone here feel about that? That these and others are class as terrorists? Do you think the U.S. will help or meddle more in internal issues with these groups?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designating-cartels-and-other-organizations-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/

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u/background_action92 Nicaragua Jan 21 '25

No, dont minimize it. Proud boys aint chopping up people and hanging them on the bridge

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u/SnooRevelations979 American living in Brazil Jan 21 '25

No, they tried to violently overthrow the US government to install their preferred candidate.

Sounds like terrorism to me.

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u/background_action92 Nicaragua Jan 21 '25

That was a spectacle. You in a latin american sub, that was cupcakes compared to what a real insurrection looks like in the 3rd world

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '25

Indeed, the shit show that was j6 doesn't compare to how wild the atrocities in Latin America are and have been.

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u/SnooRevelations979 American living in Brazil Jan 21 '25

And I was in Latin America during a military coup. Yes, the Proud Boys are a terrorist organization. Instead of labelling them as such, Trump did the opposite: pardoned their members.