; and Whereas, by the acts of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New General Cartel, the Los Zetas and Cartel del Noreste, the Gulf Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, the Juarez Cartel and La Linea, the Beltran-Levya Organization, the Guerreros Unidos, the Los Rojos, and La Familia Michoacána (together, the Cartels ), a state of war exists between these Cartels and the United States of America: Now, therefore, be it