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Bloomberg
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
US Sanctions Sons of ‘El Chapo' Over Fentanyl Trafficking
By Updated on Save The US Treasury on Monday sanctioned 'Los Chapitos,' the faction of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel controlled by the sons of jailed cartel leader Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzman that Washington says facilitates illicit fentanyl production and trafficking into the country. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also said in a statement that it's designating two fugitive leaders of 'Los Chapitos' — Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, who are sons of 'El Chapo.'
Bloomberg
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
US Treasury Sanctions ‘El Chapo' Sons on Fentanyl Trafficking
The US Treasury on Monday said it's sanctioning 'Los Chapitos,' the faction of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel controlled by the sons of jailed cartel leader Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzman that Washington says facilitates illicit fentanyl production and trafficking into the country. The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also said in a statement that it's designating two fugitive leaders of 'Los Chapitos' — Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, who are sons of 'El Chapo.'
The Independent
8 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
US imposes sanctions on El Chapo's fugitive sons, offers $10 million reward for their capture
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on the two fugitive sons of incarcerated Mexican Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman and announced a reward offer of up to $10 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the men. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar who are believed to be currently located in Mexico. Guzman's other sons — Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez — are currently incarcerated in the United States. In May, federal prosecutors announced they would not seek the death penalty for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he's convicted of multiple charges in Chicago. Sanctions were also imposed on a faction of the Sinaloa cartel known as the 'Chapitos,' or little Chapos, which has been identified as a main exporter of fentanyl to the U.S. as well as a regional network of Chapitos associates and businesses based in Mazatlan, Mexico, that allegedly engage in drug trafficking, extortion and money laundering. According to federal prosecutors, El Chapo smuggled mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States over 25 years. He was convicted in 2019 on multiple conspiracy counts and sentenced to life in a U.S. prison. 'At the Department of the Treasury, we are executing on President Trump's mandate to completely eliminate drug cartels and take on violent leaders like 'El Chapo's' children," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. The Sinaloa Cartel, through various incarnations, is Mexico's oldest criminal group, dating to the 1970s. One of their most lucrative businesses in recent years has been the production of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, blamed for tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year in the U.S. The Trump administration in February labeled the Sinaloa cartel a foreign terrorist organizations.
