The Trump administration says the cartel is chargeable for a major share of fentanyl coming into the nation.
The USA has imposed sanctions towards 5 leaders of a Mexican drug cartel for killings, together with the prime suspect within the murder of Mexican influencer Valeria Marquez, and drug trafficking, the US Division of the Treasury has mentioned.
The sanctions levied on Wednesday goal the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), which the Trump administration says is chargeable for a major share of fentanyl and different unlawful medicine coming into the US.
The cartel is alleged to make use of homicide, together with the focused killing of girls, as a weapon of intimidation towards its rivals.
“The vicious assault highlights the brutal prevalence of femicide, or the killing of girls on account of their gender, in Mexico. Femicide typically goes unpunished and impacts a good portion of Mexico’s ladies,” the Treasury Division mentioned in a press release.
In February, the Trump administration designated CJNG as a “International Terrorist Group” and “Specifically Designated International Terrorist.”
The cartel is led by Nemesio Ruben “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, who was among the many 5 leaders named on Wednesday. The US authorities have provided a $15m reward for data resulting in his seize.
A cartel commander intently linked to him, Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, was additionally sanctioned.
Ruiz has been recognized because the prime suspect within the homicide of his purported romantic accomplice, TikTok influencer Marquez, the Treasury Division mentioned.
Marquez, 23, was killed in Might within the magnificence salon the place she labored within the metropolis of Zapopan by a person who entered and shot her as she livestreamed a video on TikTok, the Jalisco state prosecutor mentioned.
Different leaders sanctioned embody Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez, Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan and Audias Flores Silva, based on the Treasury Division assertion.
