Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity

Proclamation 11015 of March 7, 2026

Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The United States, under my leadership, has
demonstrated a sustained commitment towards achieving
the dismantlement of cartels and foreign terrorists
operating in the Western Hemisphere. My Administration
has designated a number of cartels and transnational
gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and has since
dedicated unprecedented resources towards their
destruction. These international entities control
territories and commerce, extort political and judicial
systems, wield arms and field military capabilities,
and use assassinations and terrorism to achieve their
ends. In furtherance of our efforts, the Secretary of
War established the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition,
a pledge from military leaders and representatives from
17 countries demonstrating that the region is ready to
operationalize hard power to defeat these threats to
our security and civilization. We will address these
grave dangers by use of any necessary resources and
legally available authorities, together with our
partner nations.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim as follows:

(1) Criminal cartels and foreign terrorist
organizations in the Western Hemisphere should be
demolished to the fullest extent possible consistent
with applicable law.
(2) The United States and its allies should
coordinate to deprive these organizations of any
control of territory and access to financing or
resources necessary to conduct their campaigns of
violence.
(3) The United States will train and mobilize
partner nation militaries to achieve the most effective
fighting force necessary to dismantle cartels and their
ability to export violence and pursue influence through
organized intimidation.
(4) The United States and its allies should keep
external threats at bay, including malign foreign
influences from outside the Western Hemisphere.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.