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Washington.- United States imposed financial sanctions this Monday on eight individuals and twelve companies it accuses of being linked to Los Chapitos, the faction of the Sinaloa Cartel led by the sons of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán.
According to the Treasury Department, this is a network that provides the cartel with chemical precursors used to manufacture synthetic fentanyl, a drug that has caused a severe crisis of overdose deaths in the United States.
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Most of the sanctioned individuals and companies are from Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa, the main operational center of Los Chapitos. Among those sanctioned are Martha Emilia Conde Uraga, alias Martita, identified as a key chemical broker; Víctor Andrés, Francisco, Jorge Luis, Gilberto, María Gabriela, Jairo and César Elías, all linked to the supply of chemical precursors or the management of shell companies. The sanctioned companies include Favelab, Agrolaren, Fagalab, Qui Lab, Storelab, Macerlab, Comercial Viosma del Noroeste, Prolimph Químicos en General, Proveedora de Servicios de Salud Mental del Pacífico and Roco del Pacífico Inmobiliaria, among others. As a result of the sanctions, all assets and property interests of individuals and entities sanctioned in the United States or under the control of U.S. persons are blocked. Likewise, transactions with these persons are prohibited. "President (Donald) Trump has made it clear that stopping the lethal flow of drugs into our country is a top national security priority," said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley in a statement.
