Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that if the United States designated Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, Mexico would have to widen its suits against U.S. gunmakers.

The designations include the Sinaloa cartel, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Cartel del Noroeste, La Familia Michoacana and the Carteles Unidos

A U.S. CBP officer allegedly involved in migrant smuggling on the Texas border was a member of a Mexican drug cartel, a federal agent testified.

Manuel Perez, 32, was arrested in his Customs and Border Protection uniform last week following a multi-agency investigation in the US city of El Paso – as a judge warned he was a 'flight risk'

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested and charged with human smuggling and drug trafficking, according to court documents.