US-Led Americas Coalition Backs Sanctions Against Crime Groups
The coalition said it would seek asset freezes, visa restrictions and criminal liability for members and supporters of 24 criminal organizations.
- On Tuesday, 15 governments in the United States-led Shield of the Americas coalition announced they will impose asset freezes and visa bans on 24 criminal organizations across the Western Hemisphere.
- President Donald Trump championed the initiative during the 81st UN General Assembly, urging nations to designate cartels as 'narco-terrorists' and calling them 'enemies at war with civilization.'
- The targeted list includes gangs already designated by Washington, such as Mara Salvatrucha and Tren de Aragua, alongside major Mexican cartels, Colombia's ELN, and Peru's Shining Path.
- Coalition members pledged to pursue criminal liability for members and supporters of these groups, leveraging existing legal frameworks to combat organized crime across the Western Hemisphere.
- Convened by Trump to combat regional drug trafficking, this coordinated action represents a consistent pattern of US-driven security diplomacy expanding enforcement against these networks across the region.
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US President Donald Trump has called on the countries of the Shield of the Americas alliance to impose sanctions on 24 drug cartels operating in the Americas. The call was made at a summit of leaders of the alliance on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2026. Trump said: “Today I call on all countries of the Americas to officially declare narco-terrorists a common threat to sta…
Donald Trump calls for joint sanctions against 24 organizations that the US designates as terrorist. Mr. Trump urged on Tuesday the countries that have joined the “Shield of the Americas” alliance, which includes, in addition to the US, several countries in South America where the right-wing government is in power, to proceed with the imposition of sanctions against 24 gangs that are ravaging the continent.
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US-led Americas coalition backs sanctions against crime groups
"I'm asking all nations in the Shield of the Americas to formally designate narco-terrorists as common threats to stability," Trump told a gathering of the alliance on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. The "Shield of the Americas," is a coalition pro-US administrations convened by Trump to combat drug trafficking and organized crime across the region. On Tuesday, 15 governments in the coalition issued …
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