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OFAC Sanctions Mexican Drug Trafficking Network

The Office of Foreign Assets Control on June 2 sanctioned six people who support the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. The designations target Severo Flores Mendoza, a "corrupt municipal police" official; Julio Cesar Montero…

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Pinzon, member of a "violent" CJNG enforcement group; and six family members of a former senior member of CJNG: Esther Godoy Arellano, Angelberto Rincon Godoy, Julio Efrain Rincon Godoy and Moises Gonzalez Anguiano. OFAC previously designated CJNG members of the cartel last year (see 2110060017) and 2202180011). The agency said it worked with the Mexican government, Drug Enforcement Agency and CBP to impose the sanctions.