Treasury Sanctions Major Mexican Cartel Network Over Fentanyl and Fuel-Theft Cash Streams

The U.S. Treasury froze assets of a major Mexican cartel fuel-theft ring, sanctioning three brothers and two trucking firms tied to fentanyl trafficking.

View of a bullet-riddled wall bearing the initials of the criminal group Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación at the entrance of the community of Aguililla, Mexico, on April 23, 2021. Enrique Castro/AFP via Getty Images

The Treasury Department on May 1 announced U.S. sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based transport companies that investigators say allegedly fed the fentanyl pipeline of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and financed the cartel through large-scale fuel theft.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control blocked all U.S. property and interests tied to Cesar Morfin Morfin, known as “Primito”; his brothers Alvaro Noe Morfin Morfin and Remigio Morfin Morfin; along with trucking firms SLA. Servicios Logisticos Ambientales, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Jala Logistica, S.A. de C.V.