One thing Trump tried to do after getting inaugurated was considering Mexican cartels terrorist organizations, and for that he was attacked by Sheinbaum for violating Mexico’s sovereignty. But, at least as far as I’ve read on the topic (whcih is not a lot to be fair), nobody actually explains why that’s the case. I mean at a glance you’d think the Mexican government would benefit from such an action, or at least I did. It’s pretty obvious to me I’m missing a piece of the puzzle, so does anyone here have it?

Edit: Thanks for the answers. Now it makes sense.

  • Ofiuco@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    I can’t really assure there isn’t a political aim as you are trying to stick to, there are a multiple cartels, each one follows a different ideology, some are even more similar to a cult than others… and the current party in power is guided by/as a cult with the help of the narcos, so maybe in the past we couldn’t call them terrorists by sticking to the no political ideology part, but as they are right now… yeah… I wouldn’t doubt they are trying to help the current administration to advance a centralist goverment so they can get full control of the country or something like that.

    Like… I don’t know why are you so adamant, but just taking a quick look on Wikipedia and re-reading the first parts, they tick the boxes, even if you say they don’t have an ideology as is, they still commit violence with the intention of shaping the enviroment to their liking and to impose their not ideology into the civilians or force the hand of the goverment… which already falls under the definition of terrorism.
    Then again, the article says there’s no consensus on the definition, which seems to be the case here:

    • I live here, I’ve seen these acts, I’ve personally seen (if only a minimal part) how it controls the life of the people, how it controls the political enviroment and how it forces things to go their way in every aspect; I wouldn’t doubt labeling them as terrorists.
    • You don’t want to label them as such only because you believe they don’t have a political ideology (even when I tell you they are already involved in shaping the country to their liking and beliefs).

    And just to reiterate, I don’t feel safe knowing it’s president musk and first lady trump who will be managing that, because they are just going to abuse it and make us miserables… more than usual. Under a different administration, I could see the benefit in doing so as our goverment doesn’t care about changing things for the better unless they are forced by a stronger entity, but right now I should be kissing my ass goodbye if they decide to mimic their boss putin.