July 7 (UPI) — Brazil’s government warned of a potential U.S. military intervention on its territory after President Donald Trump’s administration unilaterally designated the Brazilian criminal organizations Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, and Comando Vermelho, or CV, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira formally expressed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government’s concerns in a document submitted to Congress.

According to Brazilian news outlets G1 and Fato Paulista, Vieira warned that the U.S. State Department’s designation creates “concrete risks to national sovereignty” because U.S. counterterrorism laws allow the use of military force abroad to neutralize terrorist threats.

“Moreover, such authority may be exercised with broad discretion because of the scope of the terms adopted in that country’s counterterrorism legislation, with serious financial, immigration and criminal consequences for Brazilian citizens,” Vieira wrote.

The document also said the designation “will not provide concrete benefits for international cooperation between the United States and Brazil in the fight against organized crime,” referring to its potential diplomatic, economic and reputational consequences.

In June, the U.S. State Department designated the PCC and CV as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, citing criminal activities that extend beyond Brazil’s borders and into the United States.

Under Brazilian law, both groups continue to be classified as organized crime organizations rather than terrorist groups.

Vieira also said “there has been no formal communication from the United States to Brazil regarding its intention to designate Brazilian criminal organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations” and that “the Brazilian government has expressed its opposition to this measure.”

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Brazilian nationals and three Brazilian companies for their alleged ties to the PCC, according to CNN Brasil.

U.S. authorities accused them of laundering millions of dollars generated in and around U.S. cities and using cryptocurrency to transfer the proceeds back to Brazil on behalf of the criminal organization.