The Treasury Department on May 1 announced U.S. sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based transport companies that investigators say allegedly fed Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion’s (CJNG’s) fentanyl pipeline and financed the cartel through large-scale fuel theft.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control blocked all U.S. property and interests tied to Cesar Morfin Morfin, known as “Primito,” his brothers Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin and Remigio Morfin Morfin, along with trucking firms SLA Servicios Logisticos Ambientales S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Jala Logistica S.A. de C.V.
“Fuel theft and crude oil smuggling are cash cows for CJNG’s narco-terrorist enterprise, providing a lucrative revenue stream for the group and enabling it to wreak havoc in Mexico and the United States,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a statement. “Treasury, as part of the Administration’s whole-of-government effort, will continue to use all available tools to relentlessly target drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations to Make America Safe Again.”…