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The criminal organization led by the children of the Chapo,Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Known as Los Chapitos, he entered the list of organizations and people sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department, so their US assets are now blocked, as well as the formally established trade routes with a financing network located in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

The United States government has also announced the imposition of SAncias against this faction of the Sinaloa Cartelwhich includes four children of the organization’s leader, El Chapo Guzmán, currently imprisoned in a maximum security prison in the state of Colorado.

“Los Chapitos is a powerful and extremely violent faction of the Sinaloa cartel that It is at the forefront of Fentanyl Traffic to the United States“said the Treasury Secretary, Scott Besentin a statement released by the department. “The treasure is taking full advantage of all the tools available to stop the fentanyl crisis and help save lives,” he said.

The laboratories of Los Chapitos “are responsible for introducing fentanyl into counterfeit pills manufactured by the Sinaloa cartel and transported to the United States”, Pray the document, which also recalls the murder of a former American ex -Marine at the hands of people linked to the criminal organization.

In addition, US authorities have offered a reward of up to 10 million dollars (8.75 million euros) for information that leads to arrest and/or Condemn of Archivaldo Iván or Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, both children of the ‘chapo’ and appointed as fugitives by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Treasury dependent.

Among the crimes associated with the Chapitos and their collaborators, Donald Trump’s government points out the Murder of Exmarine Nicholas Douglas Quets at the hands of hitmen of the Sinaloa Cartel. These hitmen were under the orders of Omar Félix Loaiza “The Pelon”, which was arrested in Culiacán on November 15.

The OFAC has also sanctioned, in coordination with the Drug Control Administration (DEA), to a network of partners and companies of ‘Los Chapitos’ based in the town of Mazatlan (Sinaloa) “which is dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and money laundering.”

The new faces on the list of people sanctioned by the OFAC are 3: Victor Manuel Barraza Pablosindicated as “leader of the Chapitos in Mazatlan”, under the orders of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar; José Raúl Núñez Ríoswho controls a network of 10 companies dedicated to real estate, to the construction and beauty salon services; and Sheila Paola Urías Vázquez, wife of Núñez Ríos and her lenders.

The measure has arrived less than a month after up to 17 relatives of the Chapo Guzmán were voluntarily delivered to the Federal Office of Research of the United States (FBI) in the framework of the negotiations for the open case against one of his children, Ovid Guzmán, who agreed to instill in exchange for his relatives-including his mother-residing in the United States, where he is imprisoned after being charged by drug trafficking.

What is fentanyl

Fentanyl is the main cause of death among citizens between 18 and 49 years, according to the data of the National Agency for North American Public Health. Opioid, about 50 times more powerful than heroin, has caused more deaths than the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars together. About 200 people lose their lives in the United States every 24 hours as a result of fentanyl consumption. At that time, a single cartel chef can make more than 100,000 pills, collect the accusation.

“The true tragedy is the amount of overdose caused by fentanil. But what is truly dangerous is that it is penetrating other markets, such as marijuana ”, moves to this newspaper the associate professor of security studies of the Sam Houston State University, Nathan Jones. The specialist in drug and security policy in Mexico argues that“ a historical rise of synthetic drugs, especially of the fentanyl ”that will be reflected in the statistics of the statistics, Next decade.