US Treasury Department Imposes Sanctions on 6 Mexican Nationals Involved in Methamphetamine, Fentanyl Trade
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, the US Treasury Department announced that it has imposed sanctions on six Mexican nationals and six Mexico-based entities involved in the illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl trade. The agency revealed that the network, led by two brothers, Ludim Zamudio Lerma and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma, along with Ludim's son, has been directing chemicals into the Sinaloa Cartel members and laboratory operators. This has further strengthened the cartel's role as the leading facilitator of illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs being trafficked into the US.
The production of precursor chemicals occurs in large-scale drug laboratories known as super labs that produce 10 or more pounds of an illicit drug per production cycle to manufacture fentanyl and methamphetamine for the Sinaloa Cartel. One of the high-level Sinaloa Cartel members included in the sanctions is Luis Gerardo Flores Madrid, who works for Ovidio Guzman Lopez. Lopez is the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, a former drug boss, and a leader within the Cartel, who was recently captured.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director, Andrea Gacki, commented on the matter in a statement, saying that "the Zamudio Lerma brothers and their network enable the production of synthetic drugs that devastate American lives while lining the pockets of Sinaloa Cartel leadership. Depriving this network of access and resources will hinder the Sinaloa Cartel’s ability to produce and traffic the illicit drugs it depends on."
The US has been working hard to stop the flow of drugs coming into the country, particularly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which is responsible for a significant portion of the opioid overdose deaths in the country.
The production of precursor chemicals occurs in large-scale drug laboratories known as super labs that produce 10 or more pounds of an illicit drug per production cycle to manufacture fentanyl and methamphetamine for the Sinaloa Cartel. One of the high-level Sinaloa Cartel members included in the sanctions is Luis Gerardo Flores Madrid, who works for Ovidio Guzman Lopez. Lopez is the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, a former drug boss, and a leader within the Cartel, who was recently captured.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director, Andrea Gacki, commented on the matter in a statement, saying that "the Zamudio Lerma brothers and their network enable the production of synthetic drugs that devastate American lives while lining the pockets of Sinaloa Cartel leadership. Depriving this network of access and resources will hinder the Sinaloa Cartel’s ability to produce and traffic the illicit drugs it depends on."
The US has been working hard to stop the flow of drugs coming into the country, particularly synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which is responsible for a significant portion of the opioid overdose deaths in the country.
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