The Treasury Department from United States imposed this Thursday Economic sanctions to six persons of Mexican nationality for their association with the Jalisco Cartel New generation (CJNG), including the Security Commissioner of Ameca, Severo Flores Mendoza.
The decision is the result of the collaboration of the Department of the Treasury with the Mexican Government, the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Flowers Mendoza he is a corrupt municipal police officer who provides security information to the CJNG in exchange for bribes,” the Treasury said in a statement.
In addition to the commissioner, the Treasury Department has included in its list of sanctions Julio Cesar Montero Pinzonalias the cardswhom he considers part of a violent group that is in charge of assassinating rivals and politicians.
Finally, four relatives of the late Saul Alejandro Rincon Godoyalias Chopawere also sanctioned by the US Treasury.
The Treasury Department blames the Jalisco New Generation Cartel for producing a large part of the fentanyl (synthetic opioid) that is trafficked in the United States, a substance responsible for a large number of overdose deaths in the country.
In 2021, the country recorded more than 100,000 overdose deaths for the first time, mainly due to increased fentanyl use, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
With information from EFE
