The U.S. government announced new economic sanctions and a financial crimes alert targeting the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and its fuel theft network.
The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on “three Mexican nationals and two Mexican-based entities linked to” the CJNG.
Also the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert urging U.S. financial institutions to be vigilant in detecting, identifying and reporting suspicious activity connected to the smuggling of stolen crude oil from Mexico into the U.S.
A State Department press statement said “a key Mexico-based network involved in fentanyl trafficking, fuel theft, and crude oil smuggling.”
The sanctions freeze all assets the individuals or companies have in the U.S. and prohibit U.S. citizens from doing business with them.
The U.S. Treasury identified the three men as César Morfin, allegedly a top CJNG lieutenant, and his brothers Álvaro Noé Morfin and Remigio Morfin. The U.S. also sanctioned two companies, Servicios Logísticos Ambientales and Grupo Jala Logística, that they said worked directly or indirectly for César Morfin, transporting stolen fuel between the U.S. and Mexico.
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