HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Mar.2025) — The department of the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 6 individuals and 7 entities involved in a money laundering network supporting the Sinaloa Cartel, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
The Sinaloa Cartel “is responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States and has exploited multiple ports of entry along the southern border for its criminal activities,” Treasury said on 31 Mar. 2025 in an official statement.
The individuals designated include the following:
— Enrique Dann Esparragoza Rosas, who controls Tapgas Mexico S.A. de C.V., a company based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico;
— Mexico-based Alan Viramontes Sesteaga.
— Mexicali-based Salvador Diaz Rodriguez and Israel Daniel Paez Vargas;
— Mexico City-based Alberto David Benguiat Jimenez; and
— Christian Noe Amador Valenzuela.
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