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U.S. government labels Brazil's 2 biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizations
The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it will designate Brazil's two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move the South American nation's government has said it will interpret as undue interference in its politics.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, U.S. government labels Brazil’s 2 biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it will designate Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move the South American nation’s government has said it will interpret as undue interference in its politics.
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- U.S. government labels Brazil's 2 biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizationsPBS News - 2026-05-29T15:31:10+00:00
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