US Sanctions Mexican Frozen Dessert Company, Pharmacy Linked to Sinaloa Cartel

The sanctions also targeted five leaders of Clan de Golfo, one of the largest drug trafficking organizations in Colombia.

The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington on June 6, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned two Mexico-based companies—a pharmacy and a frozen dessert company—that it said were owned by the Sinaloa Cartel.

The Treasury said the Sinaloa Cartel is “one of the most notorious and pervasive” drug trafficking organizations, responsible for the trafficking of vast amounts of illicit fentanyl and other drugs into the United States.