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The Trump administration claims that the cartel is responsible on the one hand significantly of fentanyl entering the country.
The United States has imposed sanctions against five leaders of a Mexican drug cartel for murders, including the first suspect in the Murder of the Mexican influencer Valeria MarquezAnd drug trafficking said the US Treasury Department.
The sanctions imposed on Wednesday targets the cartel of Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), which, according to the Trump administration, is responsible on the one hand fentanyl and other illegal drugs entering the United States.
The cartel uses murder, including the targeted murder of women, as an intimidation weapon against its rivals.
“The vicious attack highlights the brutal prevalence of femicide, or the murder of women because of their sex, in Mexico. The femicide is often unpunished and affects a significant part of the women of Mexico,” the Treasury department said in a statement.
In February, the Trump administration appointed the CJNG as a “foreign terrorist organization” and “specially designated global terrorist”.
The cartel is led by Nemesio Ruben “El Mencho” Dareguera Cervantes, which was one of the five leaders appointed on Wednesday. The American authorities offered a reward of $ 15 million for information leading to their capture.
A cartel commander closely linked to him, Ricardo Ruiz Velaso, was also sanctioned.
Ruiz was identified as the first suspect in the murder of his alleged romantic partner, Tiktok Marquez’s influencer, said the Treasury department.
Marquez, 23, was killed in May in the beauty salon where she worked in the city of Zapopan by a man who entered and shot the live broadcast of a video on Tiktok, said the prosecutor of the State of Jalisco.
The other sanctioned leaders are Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez, Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan and Audias Flores Silva, according to the press release from the Treasury Department.
