US sanctions Culiacán family accused of supplying fentanyl precursors to Sinaloa Cartel

Treasury Dept Sanctions 20 Linked to Sinaloa Cartel

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 an…

US sanctions Culiacán family accused of supplying fentanyl precursors to Sinaloa Cartel

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Monday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had sanctioned eight Mexicans and 12 Mexico-based companies that are allegedly affiliated with the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. “This network supplies illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals to the Sinaloa Cartel, a terrorist organization responsible for a significant portion of the deadly drugs trafficked into the United States,”…