The Trump administration has issued new sanctions against individuals and entities connected to the Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl trafficking.
According to a May 20 press release by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, more than a dozen names linked to the cartel have been sanctioned.
The Sinaola Cartel was designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on Feb. 20 of this year, along with Tren de Aragua, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), and multiple other cartels.
Specifically, the Treasury Department highlighted Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles (Ojeda Aviles) and Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas (Gonzalez Penuelas) as prominent targets of the sanctions….