The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned six Sinaloa Cartel members and six Mexico-based entities due to their involvement in the drug trade.
According to a Feb. 22 press release, brothers Ludim Zamudio Lerma and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma lead a network allegedly responsible for diverting illicit precursor chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl and other drugs directly into the hands of Sinaloa Cartel members.
As a result of the OFAC’s action, property and interests in property in the United States or in the ownership or control of U.S. persons that belong to the people or groups sanctioned must be blocked and reported to OFAC (pdf)….