Trump Adds Colombia’s Biggest Cocaine Cartel to Terrorist List

December 16, 2025, 8:10 PM UTC

The US added Colombia’s largest cocaine cartel to its list of terrorist organizations and threatened to use “all available tools” against such groups it is targeting across Latin America.

The Clan del Golfo cartel “is a violent and powerful criminal organization with thousands of members,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has added numerous criminal groups, including Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations since returning to office this year. Earlier this month, he suggested the US will “very soon” start targeting cartels on land in Venezuela and beyond, ...

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