White House proclaims a bold crackdown on Western Hemisphere cartels and terrorist gangs, pledging coordinated military, financial, and legal action with 17 allied nations to dismantle their networks

The declaration calls for coordinated action among the United States and allied countries to strip criminal organisations of territory, financing and resources that enable violence, drug trafficking and intimidation. It also commits the U.S. to training and mobilising partner-nation militaries and strengthening cooperation to counter external influences and transnational organised-crime networks operating in the region…