Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, a 39-year-old Mexican woman, has been accused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of supplying grenades and other weaponry to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). This indictment marks the first federal charges against a foreign national for material support to a foreign terrorist organization, as labeled by the U.S. government. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi emphasized the threat cartels pose to American communities. The charges follow President Trump's executive order, classifying international cartels as national-security threats, leading to the listing of several Latin American groups as foreign terrorist organizations.
This announcement demonstrates the Justice Department's unwavering commitment to securing our borders and protecting Americans through effective prosecution.
Cartels like CJNG are terrorist groups that wreak havoc in American communities and are responsible for countless lives lost in the United States, Mexico and elsewhere.
On his first day back in office, on January 20, Trump signed an executive order declaring that international cartels constitute a national-security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime.
The charges stem from a decision early in Trump's second term in office to apply terrorism designations to foreign criminal organizations, including gangs and drug cartels.
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