Immigration and customs enforcement accused a Mexican woman of providing grenades and other weapons to the cartel.

The United States has revealed the first federal charges against foreign nationals, a major support for a criminal group designated by President Donald Trump for a “foreign terrorist organization.”

On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a statement identifying the suspect as 39-year-old Maria del Rosario Navarro Sanchez of Mexico.

An unsealed indictment accused Navarro-Sanchez of providing the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) of the Mexican Drug Cartel equipped with grenades and helping it smuggle immigrants, guns, money and drugs.

"Cartells such as CJNG are terrorist groups, and their countless lives lost in the United States, Mexico and elsewhere caused serious damage," U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

“This announcement demonstrates the DOJ’s firm commitment to protecting our borders and protecting Americans through effective prosecution.”

The allegations stem from a decision early in Trump’s second term that calls for the designation of “terrorism” as a foreign criminal organization, including gangs and drug cartels.

On January 20, Trump signed an executive order declaring that “international cartels pose an international security threat posed by traditional organized crime.” He directed his officials to start preparing for the implementation of the name "terrorism".

By February 19, the U.S. federal communiqué listed eight Latin American criminal groups as "foreign terrorist organizations", including Venezuelan gangs Tren de Aragua and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).

The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion in Mexico was also one of the original designated organizations.

Since then, the Trump administration has expanded its scope to add more Latin American groups to the list. For example, on May 2, two Haitian gangs (Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif) joined the U.S. list of foreign terrorist groups.

The use of these names is a departure from the commonly used “foreign terrorist” tag, usually reserved for organizations seeking specific political goals through violence.

However, critics warn that such applications may have unintended consequences, especially for civilians in vulnerable groups. "Foreign terrorists" make it a crime to provide material support to a given group, but criminal gangs often extort civilians with money and services, which is part of their fundraising efforts.

“You can blame anyone – from immigrants paid to a smuggler to Mexican businesses forced to pay ‘protection fees’ – to provide materials or financial support to terrorist organizations,” Will Freeman, a Latin American research fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Al Jazeera Jazeera News Reporter Brian Osgood earlier this year.

In an unsealed case on Friday, it was revealed that Navarro-Sanchez was arrested on May 4. She has two co-defendants, as well as Mexican citizens, who are also facing charges of gun trafficking and other crimes.

The Mexican government has previously confirmed that Navarro-Sanchez was arrested. A statement from the ICE to the media showed that various guns and fentanyl packages were allegedly involved in the case.

It also includes a photo of a golden AR-15 gun called "El Dorado" that was reportedly "recovered from Navarro-Sanchez's property during the arrest of Mexico".

"Providing grenades to designated terrorist organizations while trafficking guns, narcotics and humans - not just criminals," said Todd Lyons, acting director of Ice. "This is a direct attack on American security."