The US targets La Familia Michoacana in its crusade against fentanyl

The US targets La Familia Michoacana in its crusade against fentanyl

In his personal crusade against fentanyl—the latest chapter in the United States’ long-running war on drugs — Donald Trump is now setting his sights on La Familia Michoacana. Washington has accused the Mexican criminal organization, primarily based in Guerrero and Michoacán, of trafficking “fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine” into the U.S.; laundering the profits through the U.S. financial system; “poisoning” the American public; and…

On Tuesday, the U.S. government extended the sanctions against the Mexican cartel of the New Michoacan Family, highlighting that added to the trafficking of fentanyl and other narcotics, they carry out illegal activities in the mining sector. READ ALSO: The U.S. government will send shipments of ammunition to Israel "The crimes of the [criminal group] also include trafficking of foreigners [irregular] to the U.S. and violence against their rival…

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Leaders of Mexican Cartel, Offers Monetary Rewards for Information Leading to Their Arrests

The United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning four individuals affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel tied to deadly fentanyl trafficking, human smuggling, and violence. Additionally, a federal grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Georgia is unsealing the indictments of the cartel’s co-leaders, and the State Department is offering rewards for information leading to the…

Treasury Sanctions Leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana Drug Cartel

April 15, 2025 Leaders of terrorist-sanctioned cartel tied to deadly fentanyl trafficking, human smuggling, and violence  WASHINGTON — Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four individuals affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, that has poisoned Americans by […]

Trump Declares Financial War on Cartels in New Strategy Shift | The Right Wing Club

The Trump administration is ramping up its war on drug cartels, and this time, it’s hitting them where it hurts — their money. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Tuesday that the U.S. government has imposed strict sanctions on four individuals connected to La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a notorious Mexican cartel responsible for trafficking deadly fentanyl into American communities and smuggling migrants across the southern border. …

The U.S. Treasury Department, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced Tuesday sanctions against four members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel classified as a Specially Designated Foreign Terrorist and Global Terrorist Organization, which claims to use the sale of bale clothes as one of its businesses to [...]