The Trump administration is preparing a major escalation in its war on the Mexican drug cartels.According to The New York Times, the DOJ is instructing federal prosecutors to pursue terrorism charges against Mexican officials accused of helping cartel operations.NEW: The DOJ is pushing federal prosecutors to investigate and use terrorism laws to prosecute any Mexican officials found to be corrupt.Scoop w/ @londonoe and @alanfeuer:https://t.co/bcUacn5GMF— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) May 15, 2026Immediately after taking office last year, Trump designated several major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, giving prosecutors wider authority to bring more serious charges against those accused of supporting them.According to reports, DOJ officials told prosecutors to build cases not only around drug trafficking and corruption, but also around allegations of material support for terrorism.Meanwhile, CNN reported earlier this week that the CIA has expanded covert operations inside Mexico, including targeted killings of cartel operatives.However, the Trump administration denied this.REPORT: CIA is Waging a Secret Assassination Campaign Against Mexican Cartels/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i