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The U.S. government moved to freeze the assets and financially target one of the leading cartels responsible for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in America and the raging cartel violence throughout Mexico.
This week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury moved to target the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. The move allows U.S. officials to freeze assets and prohibits U.S. citizens from doing business with entities and individuals identified as members of the organization. In their designation, treasury officials claim that Los Chapitos-controlled laboratories are responsible for introducing fentanyl in counterfeit pills manufactured by the Sinaloa Cartel and trafficked to the United States.
The Chapitos are currently led by Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, two of the sons of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The U.S. government is currently offering a $10 million reward for their capture.
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