What does this mean in terms of the criminal processes? These gangs are better funded than our troops by drug trade. Theire is such a thing as healthy fear.. Fear of drowning, fear of death by electrocution. Fear instills boundaries and awareness.
Fear will save your life by that instinct that says something is wrong, life threatening.
It opens a line of federal crimes such as material support for terrorist group, short of some other criminal act. Roughly speaking (not literally, under the law) membership is itself criminal.
What’s your point?