U.S. Treasury Hits Guatemalan Trafficking Rings Backing Mexican Cartels
- On Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Los Mendoza, Los Huistas, and Los Lorenzana as international terrorists, citing their deep ties to Mexican drug cartels facilitating narcotics trafficking.
- Federal officials say these groups serve as essential logistics partners for the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, moving fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine toward the United States.
- Operating across regions like San Marcos, Huehuetenango, and Peten, the organizations provide secret airstrips and storage sites while maintaining influence through relationships with local officials and business owners.
- Treasury Department sanctions freeze the groups' assets in the United States, and any business owned 50 percent or more by them is blocked from American transactions.
- The Trump Administration continues using tools to disrupt revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists, with Rubio stating, "We will not stand by while these foreign terrorist organizations corrupt Guatemala's institutions.
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US declares three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups, imposes sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has declared three Guatemalan gangs to be terrorist groups for financing violence and crime with proceeds from drug trafficking.
Los Lorenzanas named Foreign Terrorist Organization; Los Huistas, Los Mendoza sanctioned for material support to Mexican cartels
U.S. Treasury Hits Guatemalan Trafficking Rings Backing Mexican Cartels
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed new sanctions today against two powerful Guatemalan drug trafficking organizations accused of moving narcotics for Mexico’s largest cartels. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted the Los Mendoza Drug Trafficking Organization and the Los Huistas Drug Trafficking Organization. Federal officials say both groups act as essential logistics partners for […] U.S. Treasury Hits Guatemalan Trafficking R…
The U.S. designates three criminal groups in Guatemala The U.S. government announced the designation of Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas and Los Mendoza, three criminal organizations in Guatemala, for their alleged links with Mexican cartels and their involvement in drug trafficking. President Donald Trump's administration noted that these groups collaborate [...] The post U.S. and Paraguay expand actions against cartels and criminal groups first app…
The US has added the Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas, and Los Mendoza groups in Guatemala to its list of 'global terrorists'. The groups are said to be linked to Mexican cartels and involved in drug trafficking; Los Huistas and Los Mendoza were designated as SDGT (Syrian Democratic Forces) for their support of the cartels.
The U.S. points as terrorists to three groups in Guatemala: Los Lorenzanas, Los Huistas and Los Mendoza. (Photo: TV Azteca Guatemala) The U.S. announced on Friday, November 13, new measures against three criminal organizations in Guatemala, marked for maintaining links with Mexican cartels and participating in the transfer of illicit drugs across the region.
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