Treasury Dept. Sanctions Cartel Leader ‘El Mencho’ and Main Suspect in Killing of TikTok Influencer

The two men were among five targeted with sanctions, which freeze their assets and bar transactions with U.S. citizens.

A 2020 poster shows the reward notice for the kingpin of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” at the Justice Department in Washington on March 11, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The Treasury Department on June 18 sanctioned five leaders of Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), including the leader known as “El Mencho” and the main suspect in the killing of influencer Valeria Márquez.

“Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Mexico-based leaders of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG),” the agency said in a statement.