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Trump declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants, putting the U.S. in armed conflict with them.

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Trump sent Congress a classified notification in early October stating the U.S. is in "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, designating cartel members as "unlawful combatants." This le...

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