Establish and continue Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel to coordinate the counter-cartel mission.

Authorizes the establishment and continued operation of Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel (JIATF-CC) to coordinate and bolster the counter-cartel mission.

Creates and sustains a federal counter-cartel task force.

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U.S. Northern Command says the Department of War established JIATF-CC under USNORTHCOM; Brig. Gen. Maurizio Calabrese is director; the task force is designed to synchronize Department of War, law-enforcement, and Intelligence Community partners against cartel operations along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Official NORTHCOM announcement directly confirms creation of the named Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel and describes its interagency coordination mission.

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Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel (JIATF-CC) established
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base published the same establishment notice and photo captions from the Tucson ribbon-cutting ceremony, noting federal leaders and interagency partners attended and identifying Calabrese as director of JIATF-CC.

Official base-level record corroborates the task force’s establishment in Tucson and confirms interagency participation at launch.

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Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel (JIATF-CC) established
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The Washington Post reported that the El Mencho operation involved participation from a joint U.S.-Mexico task force that regularly works with Mexico through NORTHCOM, and identified the unit as Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel at Davis-Monthan.

Strong reporting after the launch shows the task force was not merely announced; it was operational and integrated military, intelligence, and law-enforcement personnel in cartel work.

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Mexico’s most powerful cartel leader is killed by security forces
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Reuters, republished by The Jerusalem Post, reported that JIATF-CC involves multiple U.S. government agencies, was launched to map cartel networks on both sides of the border, and played a role in the Mexican military raid.

Wire reporting supports continued operational use of the task force for counter-cartel intelligence coordination after establishment.

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New US military-led group aided Mexico's hunt for 'El Mencho' cartel boss
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TIME reported that White House and Mexican officials described U.S. intelligence support for the operation and that Reuters had reported JIATF-CC, a new multiagency task force launched in January, was involved in the raid.

Additional strong reporting corroborates the task force’s January launch and subsequent operational role in U.S.-Mexico counter-cartel coordination.

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What to Know About the Operation to Kill Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Mencho’—and the U.S.’s Role
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The presidential action assigned USNORTHCOM a border-security mission including narcotics trafficking and transnational criminal organizations, and required campaign planning and continuous assessments for those threats.

This official directive does not itself create JIATF-CC, but it supplies the executive/NORTHCOM mission context under which the later counter-cartel task force was established.

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Clarifying The Military's Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States
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