New Delhi, July 17 -- two more Mexican criminal organizations now carry the designation of Foreign Terrorist Organization.

The Trump administration formally labeled the Juarez Cartel and Los Viagras as FTOs, publishing the notices in the Federal Register on July 16. The designations - effective July 2 - bring the total count of Mexican groups bearing that label to eight, reflecting an administration that has made the legal reclassification of narco groups a centerpiece of its southern border policy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has warned Western Hemisphere governments they face a binary choice between American friendship and confrontation, stated that both organizations "either have committed terrorist acts or pose a serious risk...