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

STORY: Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel and other drug cartels were designated by the United States as global terrorist organizations on Wednesday.That's according to a Federal Register notice issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Sinaloa Cartel and six other Latin American drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, according to an unpublished notice in the Federal Register posted Wednesday.