US sanctions hit alleged Sinaloa cartel fentanyl network, including a Chihuahua restaurant
Treasury said the designations target cartel-linked operatives and businesses tied to fentanyl trafficking and money laundering, including a restaurant and a security firm.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on more than a dozen individuals, a security firm, and a Chihuahua restaurant linked to the Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl trafficking and money laundering operations.
- Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug in the U.S., with overdose deaths rising approximately 520% since 1999, though fatalities dipped nearly 3% last year; officials state Sinaloa sources precursor chemicals largely from China.
- Treasury targeted fugitive Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, for whom the State Department has offered a $5 million reward since 2024, and also hit Alfredo Orozco Romero, who controls the Gorditas Chiwas restaurant, and Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles.
- These measures cut the network off from the U.S. financial system, blocking assets and business with Americans, as the Government of Mexico collaborated with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Treasury to identify these targets.
- Treasury Scott Bessent stated that the department will continue to target "terrorist cartels" and their trafficking networks, aiming to protect communities and "Keep America Safe" through these intensified financial pressures.
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Treasury Issues New Sanctions Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Network
The Trump administration has issued new sanctions against individuals and entities connected to the Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl trafficking. According to a May 20 press release by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, more than a dozen names linked to the cartel have been sanctioned. The Sinaola Cartel was designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on Feb. 20 of this year, along with Tren…
Mexico and USA Dismantle Financial Network of Sinaloa Cartel Linked to Fentanyl Traffic - La Opinión
Sanctions include narco-operators, businesses and a restaurant in Chihuahua linked to money laundering
US targets Sinaloa fentanyl distribution with new sanctions
The U.S. is targeting fentanyl distribution for the Sinaloa Cartel with new sanctions, according to the Treasury Department. In a Wednesday press release, the Treasury Department said that its Office of Foreign Assets Control had sanctioned over 12 entities and people “comprising two distinct networks, linked to the terrorist Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl trafficking…
Chihuahua, Chih.- The head of the attorney general’s office, Francisco Sáenz, commented that they have not received requests for information from the Federation about the businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. According to the information released by the U.S. authorities, he applied sanctions against people in Mexico, allegedly related to illegal activities, which affects businessman Alfredo Orozco Romero, owner of restaurants i…
Treasury Department sanctions Sinaloa cartel over fentanyl distribution
The move comes after the State Department last month issued visa restrictions for 75 people they believed were linked to the Sinaloa Cartel in an effort to tamp down the Mexican transnational crime organization’s drug trafficking operations.
On Wednesday, May 20, the U.S. government imposed financial sanctions against more than a dozen individuals and entities from two networks linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful in Mexico, for the trafficking of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.The Treasury Department detailed in a statement that the measures affect two distinct structures within the cartel, considered key in both drug distribution and money laundering.
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