The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned eight people and 12 Mexico-based companies affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Chapitos faction, which has been accused of being responsible for a large share of deadly drugs trafficked into the U.S.
The network has been accused of supplying fentanyl precursor chemicals to the Sinaloa Cartel, which President Donald Trump in a January executive order declared a foreign terrorist organization and a specially designated global terrorist group.
“Our investigation and the resulting Treasury [Department] sanctions demonstrate our unwavering commitment to dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, a violent criminal enterprise responsible for trafficking fentanyl, precursor chemicals and other deadly drugs into the United States,” Michael McCarthy, special agent in charge of the Newark, New Jersey, office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, said Thursday in a news release.
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