US Edition'La Chayo' Charged with Arming Jalisco Cartel with Grenades
- On May 4, 2025, Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, a 39-year-old Mexican woman, was arrested in Mexico for allegedly supplying grenades to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in a U.S. Federal case.
- The charges follow a January 20, 2021, executive order by President Donald Trump labeling certain Latin American cartels, including CJNG, as foreign terrorist organizations due to their violent international operations.
- The indictment accuses Navarro-Sanchez of conspiring to smuggle migrants, firearms, money, drugs, and grenades for CJNG, a transnational criminal group active across Mexico and the U.S.
- U.S. Officials stated Navarro-Sanchez is the first charged under these terrorism-related laws, with FBI Director Kash Patel saying her arrest warns those aiding terrorist groups they will face severe prosecution.
- This case highlights the U.S. Justice Department's intent to treat cartels as national security threats and intensify efforts to curtail their violent and illicit cross-border activities.
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DOJ’s First Terrorism Designation Hits Mexican Cartel
The Justice Department just charged Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez. Her crime? Supplying grenades to CJNG (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación). It’s the first use of the new terrorism designation against a cartel member. President Trump’s February order finally labeled CJNG and seven other cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This indictment marks a major shift in how cartel violence is prosecuted. Play time is over. CBS News reports: …
The US indicts a Mexican citizen on terrorism charges for helping cartel
U.S. prosecutors say a Mexican citizen will face charges related to providing material support to a terrorist organization for the first time for allegedly conspiring to traffic guns, grenades, drugs and migrants for a drug cartel.
US Unseals First Indictment Against Mexican National for Supporting Terrorist Organization
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a further stepping up U.S. pressure on cartels and days after U.S. authorities announced the first formal narcoterrorism charges against members of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Justice Department announced Friday the first indictment against a Mexican national for allegedly collaborating with a terrorist organization. The defendant is María del Rosario Navarro-Sánchez, 39, arrested this month in Jalisco, Mexico,…
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