Washington: The Trump administration has notified Congress that the United States is now engaged in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels it has designated as terrorist organizations, local media reported.

US President Donald Trump determined that these cartels are non-state armed groups, designating them as terrorist organizations, and determined that their actions constitute an armed attack against the United States, according to a White House memo.

These groups are now transnational and conduct ongoing attacks throughout the Western Hemisphere as organized cartels, said the memo.

It did not specify which cartels were involved, nor how US authorities linked targeted suspects to those organizations, Xinhua news agency reported.

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