On November 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned nine Mexican nationals who are members of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (“CJNG”), a violent Mexico-based drug trafficking organization involved in the trafficking of fentanyl , heroin and other deadly drugs into the United States. According to OFAC, the designees, many of which played a prominent role in the early stages of the U.S. opioid crisis, are also involved in money laundering and human smuggling in furtherance of their drug trafficking activities. The CJNG was designated in the United States pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2015 for their role in international narcotics trafficking and then again in 2021 pursuant to Executive Order 14059, which targets persons involved in the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production.
All of the new designations were imposed pursuant to EO 14059. As a result of the designations, all property and interests in property of the designated persons within the United States or within the possession or control of a U.S. person are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions involving a designated person. Entities owned 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.
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