The sanctioned are Abdón Rodríguez, “Chucho”; Antonio Romero alías “Romeo”, an plunder, and Francisco Javier Esqueda, “Franky de la Joya”. While the sanctioned rapper is Ricardo Hernández, “the Makabélico.”
“Under Trump’s presidency, the Treasury Department will continue tireless in its effort to prioritize the United States, fighting drug terrorist cartels. These cartels They poison Americans with fentanyl and carry out people traffic on our southwest border, ”said Treasury Secretary Scott Besent.
Previously known as “Los Zetas”, the Northeast Cartel is described as one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. Last February he was designated as a foreign terrorist organization (OTE).
“The influence of the CDN in the Mexican border cities of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, has affected the communities on both sides of the border and the role of the cartel in the traffic of fentanil and the traffic of people to the United States puts the lives of Americans at risk,” said the Department of the Treasury.
