Spanish police on Tuesday said they broke up the local operations of a powerful Mexican drug cartel designated a terrorist organization by President Trump, making 20 arrests.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) smuggled "large shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine" from South America for distribution in Spain and other European countries, Spanish police said in a statement .

The investigation started earlier this year when police detected drugs hidden in heavy industrial machinery, which was stored on estates near Madrid and the neighboring province of Avila and transported across Spain.

Among the detainees were two "priority targets" of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as well as suspected members of the Italian Camorra mafia dedicated to transporting t

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