The Cartel Terror Label Is Working. A Reynosa Hitman's Indictment Proves It.

A self-described Gulf Cartel killer caught near Mission, Texas, now faces material-support-for-terrorism charges that federal officials say were possible only because President Trump designated the cartel a terrorist organization. Keep the pressure on — on both sides of the river.

By Clara Hughes

For years, critics scoffed when President Trump said Mexico's drug cartels should be treated like the terrorist organizations they are. This week, federal prosecutors in South Texas showed what that designation is for. At a press conference in McAllen on Wednesday, federal officials announced terrorism charges against Jose Flores-Flores, a 21-year-old Mexican national from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, KRGV reported. A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas indicted him on two counts of providing material support to terrorists and one count of illegal entry. Officials said plainly that those charges "would not have been possible" without the President designating the Gulf Cartel a foreign terrorist organization.