US-led coalition targets 24 criminal groups as Trump praises Milei
US president calls on members on the Shield of the Americas alliance to sanction groups including Tren de Aragua, while praising Argentina’s “great victory” under Milei. Leer más
US President Donald Trump urged a US-led coalition of Latin American nations to sanction 24 criminal organizations during a meeting in New York. The coalition, known as the Shield of the Americas, aims to combat drug trafficking and organized crime in the region. Trump praised Argentina and President Javier Milei for a "great victory" under his leadership, noting that it was a recent victory.
Milei was present at the meeting as part of his first official visit to the United States during the UN General Assembly. Trump called on coalition members to designate drug traffickers as common threats to regional stability and impose sanctions on 24 organizations identified as foreign terrorist organizations by Washington. These groups include Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Tren de Aragua, Mexican cartels, Colombia's ELN, Brazil's Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho, and Peru's Shining Path.
At the meeting, Trump described the cartels as "the ISIS of the Western Hemisphere" and said they were "enemies at war with civilization." He also emphasized the need to protect the region's natural resources, energy pipelines, and agricultural trade corridors from foreign interference.
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