The Trump administration on Wednesday designated eight drug cartels — including MS-13 and the Sinaloa Cartel — as global terrorist organizations. The big picture: The move comes after President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office vowing to crack down on cartels for a "campaign of violence and terror.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”

Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha are on the list.