The U.S. government on May 21 sanctioned two leaders of the Mexico-based Cártel del Noreste (CDN) who are accused of being involved in drug and arms trafficking and violent crimes along the U.S. border.
The sanctioned individuals are Miguel Ángel de Anda Ledezma, alias De Anda, and Ricardo González Sauceda, also known as “El Ricky,” both high-ranking members of the CDN in Nuevo Laredo, in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. González was identified as the second-in-command of the CDN before being arrested in February by Mexican agents.
“This violent transnational cartel and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist is involved in drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, migrant smuggling, and other illicit activities,” the State Department said in a press release….