Canada is listing seven Latin American criminal organizations as terrorist entities under the criminal code, giving Canadian law enforcement another tool in the fight against fentanyl trafficking, authorities say.

The U.S. State Department is moving to designate Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel and six other Latin American drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, according to an unpublished notice in the Federal Register posted Wednesday.

The Trump administration designated eight dangerous gangs and cartels, including Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and the Sinaloa Cartel, as foreign terrorist organizations.

The Trump administration has designated eight Latin American criminal cartels as 'foreign terrorist organizations.'

The designation opens the door for possible financial sanctions against the groups and those who are linked to them.

Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha are on the list.

The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”