US EditionUS imposes new Mexican cartel sanctions, cites murder of TikTok influencer
- The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five leaders of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion due to their involvement in drug trafficking and violence, including the murder of Valeria Marquez, a TikTok influencer, by Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, a senior cartel commander.
- The sanctions freeze the cartel's assets and bar U.S. citizens from engaging with the group, aiming to combat their operations.
- The attacks by CJNG highlight the brutal issue of femicide in Mexico, which involves the killings of women based on their gender.
- The cartel is known for using targeted killings of women to intimidate competitors, as stated by the Treasury Department.
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US sanctions CJNG leaders, citing TikTok influencer’s murder
U.S. Treasury authorities have applied sanctions to five leaders of Mexico’s notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted CJNG leader Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” and three of his top lieutenants, along with Ricardo Ruiz, a CJNG commander who has been implicated in high-profile murders in Mexico for more than a decade. The Office of Foreign Assets C…
US cites murder of TikTok influencer in new Mexcian cartel sanctions
The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday against five leaders of a Mexican drug cartel including the prime suspect in the murder of Mexican influencer Valeria Marquez, the Treasury Department said.
Treasury Dept. Sanctions Cartel Leader ‘El Mencho’ and Main Suspect in Killing of TikTok Influencer
The Treasury Department on June 18 sanctioned five leaders of Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), including the leader known as “El Mencho” and the main suspect in the killing of influencer Valeria Márquez. “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Mexico-based leaders of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG),” the agency said in a statement. When the OFAC sanctions someo…
After classifying the activities of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) as a "kingdom of terror," the U.S. government imposed economic sanctions on five of its leaders, including its chief, Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho." The Treasury Department, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), announced that it will block all the assets and interests of these persons under U.S. jurisdiction, and prohibit any transaction with t…
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel, including the leader of the criminal organization, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes El Mencho, and a commander, presumed to be a feminicide of Valeria Márquez, the young woman who was murdered while broadcasting in Tik Tok.
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