US imposes new Mexican cartel sanctions, cites murder of TikTok influencer

The Trump medication says the cartel is liable for a important stock of fentanyl entering the country.

The United States has imposed sanctions against 5 leaders of a Mexican cause cartel for killings, including the premier fishy successful the murder of Mexican influencer Valeria Marquez, and cause trafficking, the US Department of the Treasury has said.

The sanctions levied connected Wednesday people the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), which the Trump medication says is liable for a important stock of fentanyl and different amerciable drugs entering the US.

The cartel is said to usage murder, including the targeted sidesplitting of women, arsenic a limb of intimidation against its rivals.

“The vicious onslaught highlights the brutal prevalence of femicide, oregon the sidesplitting of women connected relationship of their gender, successful Mexico. Femicide often goes unpunished and affects a important information of Mexico’s women,”  the Treasury Department said successful a statement.

In February, the Trump medication designated CJNG arsenic a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” and “Specially Designated Global Terrorist.”

The cartel is led by Nemesio Ruben “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, who was among the 5 leaders named connected Wednesday. The US authorities person offered a $15m reward for accusation starring to his capture.

A cartel commandant intimately linked to him, Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, was besides sanctioned.

Ruiz has been identified arsenic the premier fishy successful the execution of his purported romanticist partner, TikTok influencer Marquez, the Treasury Department said.

Mexican societal media influencer, Valeria Marquez, 23, was brazenly changeable dormant during a TikTok livestream [File: Instagram/Reuters]

Marquez, 23, was killed successful May successful the quality salon wherever she worked successful the metropolis of Zapopan by a antheral who entered and changeable her arsenic she livestreamed a video connected TikTok, the Jalisco authorities authoritative said.

Other leaders sanctioned see Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez, Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan and Audias Flores Silva, according to the Treasury Department statement.

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