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On July 25, 2008, Michael Braun, assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), spoke in a forum about the security challenges that were being exacerbated by the relationships between Middle Eastern terrorist groups and drug cartels. In his remarks, he noted that of the identified forty-three terrorist organizations at least nineteen are known to be, linked to global drug trade. This equates to at least sixty percent of known terrorist organizations connected with global illegal narcotics trade. (Braun, 2008) The House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management ties Middle East terror organizations, released a report that identified Mexican Drug Cartels doing business with Iranian and Hezbollah groups. (Boyle, 2012). This growing influence in Latin America has now presented a security challenge. Iran alone has embassies in eleven Latin American countries. Documented information continues to emanate from valid sources. Drug cartels continue to grow especially within the United States. It is estimated that Mexican drug cartels now have a presence in more than 1,000 United States cities. (Representatives, 2012) Drug cartels and foreign terrorist groups appear to have formed a malleable symbiotic relationship. The transnational enterprise that has taken place between insurgent groups and drug trafficking organizations provide the necessary resources to keep each in its own hierarchy. Drug cartels such as the Cartel d Sinaloa, Cartel Del Golfo or the “Zetas” work as a criminal organization and often with or for terrorists groups such as the Hezbollah, and Hamas. Terrorists groups require excessive funds to drive their radical a... ... middle of paper ... ...The Daily Caller: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/16/congressional-report-ties-middle-east-terrorists-to-mexican-drug-cartels/ Braun, M. (2008, July 25). Drug Trafficking and Middle Easter Terrorist Groups: A Growing Nexus? Retrieved from The Washington Institute: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/drug-trafficking-and-middle-eastern-terrorist-groups-a-growing-nexus News, F. (2012, May 25). Mexican Drug Traffickers Make Knockoff Military Uniforms. Retrieved from My Fox DC: http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/18623037/mexican-drug-traffickers-make-knockoff-military-uniforms#axzz2pC8ZZvb3 Representatives, U. S. (2012, November). A Line in the Sand: Countering Crime, Violence and Terror at the Southwest Border. Retrieved from Homeland Security, House of Representatives: http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/11-15-12-Line-in-the-Sand.pdf

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