Trump was right: U.S. demands to treat Mexican cartels as terrorists

Discovery in Teuchitlán provoked a wave of reactions in the United States

After the discovery of an alleged extermination center operated by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación in Teuchitlán, Jalisco, Republican legislator Riley M. Moore issued an explosive statement.

In his message, he compared the site to Auschwitz and supported Donald Trump's stance to declare Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.

Moore's outrage coincided with the U.S. decision to declare several Mexican cartels, such as CJNG and Sinaloa, as terrorists.

Trump had already signed the decree marking a turning point

On January 20, President Donald Trump activated a decree to declare the main criminal groups in Latin America as terrorists.

This designation is not just symbolic:  it authorizes economic sanctions, international criminal prosecution, and even the use of military force outside U.S. territory.

The extermination camp in Teuchitlán  validated, according to Moore, every word of the former president, and increased the pressure on the Mexican government that, so far, has handled the cartels with kid gloves.

CJNG operated crematories, graves, and training camps without being disturbed

The site found in Teuchitlán  contained charred remains, ovens, identifications, hundreds of personal items, and shoes of the disappeared.

A true extermination camp

The National Guard detained 10 people, but several involved  managed to escape without much resistance, which again highlighted the weakness of the Mexican State against organized crime.

The federal government, led by Claudia Sheinbaum, promised “truth and justice”, although  avoided labeling CJNG as a terrorist group.

Noroña and the left downplayed the severity of the case, and the opposition erupted

While actions were demanded from Washington, in Mexico  legislators like Gerardo Fernández Noroña came out to divert the conversation.

The senator said that all this was part of “a vulture campaign by the opposition”, denying the magnitude of the discovery and  accusing critics of profiting from the pain.

The response was immediate: Ricardo Anaya and several opposition senators reminded that half of the disappeared in Mexico's history were recorded during the last two six-year terms.

Mexico continues to cover up a humanitarian crisis and the world has taken note

While Mexico insists on “hugs, not bullets”, the world watches with alarm the advance of drug trafficking and violence.

The Teuchitlán case has already escalated to international levels.

The  pressure will grow, and the United States doesn't seem willing to keep waiting for the Mexican government to decide to act for real.