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U.S. officials announced a first-in-the-nation indictment to charge alleged leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism in connection with trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin into the United States. The charges come as part of President Donald Trump’s February Executive Order 14157, which designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and the Secretary of State’s subsequent designation of the same. The U.S. Attorney Office of Southern California announced on Tuesday that Pedro Inzunza Noriega and his son, Pedro Inzunza Coronel,...