Prop. 317 would call drug cartels terrorists. Critics fear who else it could catch.

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 1,022

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Later this year, voters will decide whether Mexican drug cartels should be labeled terrorist organizations under Arizona law, a classification that critics say will, at best, do nothing and, at worst, be used by a future governor to justify sending military forces to the border.

Proposition 317 would declare drug cartels equivalent to terrorist organizations and order the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to do everything within its power to “address the …

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