Marco Rubio

These are violent, bloodthirsty terrorist organizations, and we have to make sure that we continue to pursue them.

We do not have a better ally in the region with regards to confronting the big threat of criminal transnational organizations.

Elite forces from both countries were 'working jointly on a day-to-day basis in a way that has no precedent in order to try to dismantle these terrorist organisations'.

I would seek $45m (£33m) in additional funding from Congress towards efforts aimed at 'dismantling these terrorist groups'.

We are not talking about an ordinary mafia, nor are we talking about common criminals, we are talking about terrorists who, in many cases, possess weapons and equipment resembling the national armies of certain countries.

“a strike-by-strike or operation-by-operation determination”

“The important point is that these routes are being disrupted. These routes are being ended,”

“still blow up ships if need be.”

I think it’s an incredible advance for the first time to have countries that are willing to participate in these efforts in their territorial waters.

Today’s action taken by the State Department further demonstrates that the Trump Administration continues to deliver on its promises to the American people to dismantle cartels and narcoterrorist networks in our region, ensuring the safety…

The U.S. will never stop fighting against the violent narcoterrorists who flood our nation with deadly drugs.

We'll be announcing the designation of seven former members of the government here, officials for accepting bribes and for betraying their most essential duties.

They're not ordinary. These are violent, bloodthirsty terrorist organizations. And we have to make sure that we continue to pursue them.

Los Tiguerones is yet another Ecuadorian gang helping Mexican cartels move and export illicit drugs to fund terrorism and criminal activity including attacks against civilians, law enforcement, and journalists.

There are territories, vast territories in Mexico that are not governed by the state.

We are talking about terrorists who, in many cases, possess weapons and equipment resembling the national armies of certain countries.

Well again, it depends, and we still blow up ships.

I'm glad that we have leaders in this region that are serious about going after these groups, because if we didn't, we would have failed country after failed country.

It's like a cancer that continues to grow until you don't literally have a state anymore.

If you don't confront these groups, they will eat these countries alive.

We're not going to do what the UK did today regards to the West Bank but I don't have any comment on it.

The US doesn't want to see anything destabilizing going on right now on the West Bank.

We have a lot of common interests with them, both taking on regional transnational criminal terrorism and also economic engagements.

The U.S. has a very strong defensive military relationship with Saudi Arabia, and we’re watching those events very closely.

We don’t want to see anything destabilizing going on right now in the West Bank with so much going on in the region.