ABC News just spent two nights with members of one of the largest cartels in Mexico as they explained their operations in a town just across the border from the US.

President Donald Trump has designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, which could set the stage for sending American special operations forces into Mexico to kill local drug kingpins.

Donald Trump formally designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations, a move intended to grant US law enforcement broader authority to disrupt their operations

President Donald Trump's order designating cartels as terrorist organizations may be getting overlooked, but it will increase U.S. security.

His administration would have more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, and potentially even take military action inside foreign countries.

A group of suspected Mexican cartel members fired shots at U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday afternoon as a group of migrants attempted to cross the Rio Grande.

According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.

Donald Trump warned over plan to designate drug cartels as terrorists - Some said the move was simply ‘political theatre’

DONALD Trump may have paved the way for America’s $850billion military to clamp down on drug cartels with ferocious airstrikes in one of his first acts as President, an expert told The Sun.

President Donald Trump's first pick to lead the DEA ... In his executive order Monday night, Trump didn’t single out any particular cartel, crime group or drug trafficker. Technically, the order designates cartels and crime organizations as Foreign ...

Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, leader of Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, has called an emergency meeting as Donald Trump brought in an executive order deeming cartels terrorist organisations

President Donald Trump called for the State Department to label Mexican cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations," a move that increases the reach of U.S. law enforcement over the criminal groups but risks complicating international business,