The United States has made it clear that, within the framework of its security and drug-fighting policy, its goal is to pursue, dismantle, and destroy the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a tweet. The message stressed that Washington wants to strike the criminal organization on all fronts, a position reinforced by representatives from the Justice Department, the DEA, and the FBI, among other federal agencies, at a press conference held Wednesday. The pressure ranges from cutting political ties with corrupt officials in Mexico and arresting its top leaders to crippling its finances, the main engine that has allowed this transnational criminal enterprise to operate as it has.
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