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Comment by Ross Wolf
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Seven months ago it was reported a Mexican Drug Cartel broke into a Mexican rehab clinic and shot dead 18 patients. If a Mexican Drug Cartel thought nothing of murdering 18 rehab patients at a clinic in Mexico, it is problematic Cartels operating in the U.S. could easily murder Americans in that fashion. Why hasn’t the U.S. State Department listed all Mexican Drug Cartels as terrorist organizations? That would make it easier for U.S. Justice Department to "Charge with Supporting Terrorist Activity” Mexican Drug Cartel members caught distributing illegal-drugs in the U.S. and charge U.S. law enforcement taking Drug Cartel bribes. The “Patriot Act” defined supporting "terrorist activity” as any criminal activity that "participates" in "World Markets" that terrorist may use or depend on for their support. Theoretically, anyone distributing illegal-drugs could be alleged to support a “Criminal Market” terrorists may use for their support—based on the premise both criminals and terrorists use the same world networks and organizations to "Market" illegal-drugs; and have interests in criminal activity." Enforced narrowly, Patriot Act provisions could be used to charge Americans with supporting terrorist Activity, that knowingly provide guns to a Drug Cartel listed as a Terrorist Organization.

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