US Sanctions Top Mexican Drug Cartel Members, Issues Fentanyl Advisory for Banks

La Nueva Familia Michoacana is involved in smuggling drugs and people into the United States, officials said.
US Sanctions Top Mexican Drug Cartel Members, Issues Fentanyl Advisory for Banks
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen attends a roundtable with business leaders in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on April 5, 2024. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned eight Mexico-based men affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine into the United States, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced.

La Nueva Familia Michoacana, one of the most powerful and violent cartels in Mexico, also smuggles migrants from Mexico into the United States, according to a Treasury Department statement.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.