The Americas Shield alliance, launched by the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, has formally designated two dozen criminal factions as “shared threats” and targets for sanctions. The list includes major Brazilian groups like the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command (CV), as well as powerful cartels from Mexico, Venezuela, and Haiti.

The alliance, whose founding meeting was held on March 7, 2026, includes leaders from ideologically aligned governments in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru, but notably excluded Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela. Experts link the initiative to the so-called “Donroe Doctrine,” a Trump-era project aimed at maintaining U.S. influence across the Americas. The sanctions list also targets two gangs originating in the United States itself: MS-13 and Barrio 18.

Other prominent groups named include Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, Haiti’s Gran Grif, and Colombia’s Gulf Clan and National Liberation Army (ELN). The Peruvian guerrilla group Shining Path, which waged a bloody conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, is also listed despite its currently diminished capacity.

The move signals a coordinated, ideologically filtered regional security policy focused on designating these organizations as “narco-terrorist” threats, with the stated goal of applying collective sanctions.