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US Sanctions 2 Casinos and 3 Persons over Alleged Links to Mexico's Northeast Cartel
Treasury said the network used the casinos to launder money, store drugs and move migrants, and warned of secondary sanctions for foreign banks.
- On Tuesday, the Treasury Department sanctioned three individuals and two casinos for alleged ties to the Northeast Cartel, which the Trump administration designated as a terrorist organization last year.
- Based in Nuevo Laredo, the Northeast Cartel serves as the heir to Los Zetas, with Washington intensifying crackdowns on the group for its alleged involvement in trafficking weapons, drugs, and people.
- Sanctions target Casino Centenario in Nuevo Laredo and Tampico-based Diamante Casino, alongside alleged enablers including Eduardo Javier Islas Valdez, the alleged "gatekeeper" of smuggling routes, and attorney Juan Pablo Penilla Rodríguez.
- The sanctions block assets the targeted individuals or entities hold in the United States and prohibit citizens from doing business with them, restricting financial access for cartel operatives.
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Casinos, Human Rights Leader Over Alleged Cartel Ties
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against two casinos and three people due to alleged ties to Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexican drug trafficking syndicate the Trump administration
By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday against two casinos and three individuals allegedly linked to the Northeast Cartel, one of the most violent criminal organizations operating in the northern border region of Mexico, primarily in Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León. The measures target two casinos located in the state of Tamaulipas—one of them just a few miles from the Texas border—and t…
U.S. Treasury Identifies Two Cartel-Connected Casinos in Mexican Border State
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified two cartel-connected groups in the border state of Tamaulipas, as well as three of their main operators. As part of the move, the U.S. government is freezing any related accounts and prohibiting U.S. citizens from doing business with the sanctioned individuals. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
US Treasury sanctions casinos and human rights activist linked to Northeast Cartel
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday announced sanctions against three men and two casinos in Tamaulipas for their alleged involvement with the Cartel del Noreste, or Northeast Cartel (CDN), one of six Mexican cartels that the U.S. government has designated as foreign terrorist organizations. The individuals sanctioned include the president of the Nuevo Laredo Human Rights Committee, Raymundo Ramos, against whom the Ministry of Nationa…
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