The United States government on Wednesday blocked the bank accounts and properties of six major members of the Sinaloa Cartel, Mexico, a network accused of “diverting illicit chemical precursors” to deliver them to the criminal organization.
Those indicated are the brothers Ludim and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma as main performers, as well as Ludim Zamudio Ibarra, Luis Gerardo Flores Madrid, Ernesto Machado Torres and José Santana Arredondo Beltrán.
“The Zamudio Lerma brothers and their network allow the production of synthetic drugs that devastate the lives of Americans, while lining the pockets of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel,” said Andrea Gacki, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). , for its acronym in English) in a statement.
Six companies engaged in steel manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, real estate and others, which are related to these individuals have been designated by OFAC.
Flores Madrid is accused of acting under the command of the recaptured son of Champo GuzmánOvid Guzman.
In a subsequent statement, the US State Department warned: “Drug trafficking generates instability, feeds corruption and kills young and old.”
Recently, during his speech to the NationPresident Joe Biden highlighted the arrest of 8,000 human traffickers and the seizure of more than 23,000 pounds of fentanyl in recent months.
According to data provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021 more than 107,000 people died in the American Union due to drug overdoses and an estimated 75% of these deaths included an opioid.
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