NewzOn Thursday, October 15, US Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson highlighted the capture of Iván Sánchez Santiago, also known as "El Cromo," via a post on the social media platform X. Johnson pointed to the arrest as concrete evidence supporting Donald Trump's designation of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) as a terrorist organization.
The operation underscores ongoing bilateral security efforts and the diplomatic messaging employed by US officials to validate hardline counter-terrorism classifications applied to major Mexican cartels.
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