| | [[File:Javelin Mexico.PNG|right|250px|thumb|[[Escalation]]: A member of the [[Mexican]] Gulf Cartel near a [[Texas]] border town sports a US-built [[Javelin missile]] supplied to [[Ukraine]] by the [[United States]], June 2023.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-javelin-misses-mark-anti-tank-missile-meant-for-ukraine-lands-up-with-mexican-gangster-12676452.html US 'Javelin' misses mark: Anti-tank missile meant for Ukraine lands up with Mexican gangster], Abhishek Awasthi, June 01, 2023, ''FirstPost''.</ref>]] | | [[File:Javelin Mexico.PNG|right|250px|thumb|[[Escalation]]: A member of the [[Mexican]] Gulf Cartel near a [[Texas]] border town sports a US-built [[Javelin missile]] supplied to [[Ukraine]] by the [[United States]], June 2023.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-javelin-misses-mark-anti-tank-missile-meant-for-ukraine-lands-up-with-mexican-gangster-12676452.html US 'Javelin' misses mark: Anti-tank missile meant for Ukraine lands up with Mexican gangster], Abhishek Awasthi, June 01, 2023, ''FirstPost''.</ref>]] |
| − | A '''Drug cartel''' is an [[illegal drug]] smuggling operation. Some cartels are also involved in [[human trafficking]] and [[illegal]] [[weapon]]s sales and transfers. In the [[Western Hemisphere]], in [[Mexico]], the [[United States]], [[Cuba]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]] and [[Peru]], there are the many drug cartels. | + | A '''drug cartel''' is an [[illegal drug]] smuggling operation. Some cartels are also involved in [[human trafficking]] and [[illegal]] [[weapon]]s sales and transfers. In the [[Western Hemisphere]], in [[Mexico]], the [[United States]], [[Cuba]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]] and [[Peru]], there are the many drug cartels. |
| | Under the [[Patriot Act]] drug cartels and terrorist organizations were brought under the same classification of foreign intelligence agencies for purposes of procuring [[surveillance]] warrants from the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] (FISA) court. | | Under the [[Patriot Act]] drug cartels and terrorist organizations were brought under the same classification of foreign intelligence agencies for purposes of procuring [[surveillance]] warrants from the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] (FISA) court. |