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    Communities lacking police presence have formed vigilante groups to resist cartel control through some successful actions, though the government asks them to disarm. While designating some Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations was proposed, it was halted at Mexico's president's request. From 2018-2020, the CJNG cartel engaged in more reported violent acts than any other cartel and is considered the biggest criminal drug threat in the US and Mexico's most urgent national security threat.

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    Communities lacking police presence have formed vigilante groups to resist cartel control through some successful actions, though the government asks them to disarm. While designating some Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations was proposed, it was halted at Mexico's president's request. From 2018-2020, the CJNG cartel engaged in more reported violent acts than any other cartel and is considered the biggest criminal drug threat in the US and Mexico's most urgent national security threat.

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    mmunities lack a police presence.

    [67] Vigilantism is one way in which these


    communities are resisting the control of cartels. Although the government is asking
    these groups to lay down their arms, the vigilantes continue with some success.[67]

    In March 2019, Texas Republican congressman Chip Roy introduced a bill that would
    list the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Gulf Cartel and the Cártel del Noreste
    faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations. Former United States
    President Donald Trump had also expressed interest in designating cartels as
    terrorist organizations.[68] However, he halted plans to do so at the request of
    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.[69] From 2018 to 2020, the CJNG
    engaged in 298 reported acts of gang related violence; more than any other cartel
    during the period.[70] By 2020, U.S. counter-drug officials considered CJNG its
    "biggest criminal drug threat" and Mexico's former security commissioner called the
    group "the most urgent threat to Mexico's national security".[29]

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