FTO

Mexican Cartels & Gangs

Cartel de Sinaloa (Sinaloa Cartel): Designated for controlling major fentanyl and cocaine routes, and engaging in massacres and torture.

Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG): Designated for using military tactics, drone strikes, and extreme violence to seize territory.

Cartel del Noreste: A splinter of Los Zetas, known for brutal violence in the Texas border region.

La Nueva Familia Michoacana: Known for extortion and severe violence in Mexico.

Cartel del Golfo (Gulf Cartel): Known for attacking public officials.

Carteles Unidos: A coalition of gangs using violent tactics against rivals.

Latin American & Caribbean Gangs

Tren de Aragua (Venezuela): A Venezuelan gang involved in human trafficking, extortion, and killings across the region.

Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13): A major gang with origins in El Salvador, known for transnational brutal killings and extortion.

Barrio 18 (18th Street Gang): Designated due to attacks against security personnel, public officials, and civilians in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Viv Ansanm (Haiti): A coalition of the G9 Family and Allies and G-Pèp gangs, responsible for attacking critical infrastructure and destabilizing Haiti.

Gran Grif (Haiti): Also known as the Savien gang, responsible for high levels of civilian deaths and attacks on police.

Clan del Golfo (Colombia): A major cocaine-trafficking group designated for terror attacks against civilians and law enforcement.

Los Choneros (Ecuador): Involved in prison-based mass murders and the assassination of political figures.

Los Lobos (Ecuador): Known for bombings and using, live-broadcast violence to terrorize the population.

Cartel de los Soles (Venezuela): A network of corrupt officials.

Key Designated Terrorist Organizations (Asia-related):

Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS): Designated by the United States, Canada, India, Japan, and Pakistan.

Al-Umar-Mujahideen: Designated by India.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS): An armed faction operating in the Middle East with significant activity in Asia.

Various Regional Militant Groups: Many other, often smaller, separatist or ideological groups in South and Southeast Asia are designated, particularly by local governments and the United States.