New York, United States
The United States has criminally charged the Mexican and imposed economic sanctions The wood hears torches, alias “Gardenerwho he identified as a regional leader of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), local authorities reported Wednesday.
A reward of up to $ 5 million was also announced for any information leading to his arrest or conviction.
The Justice Department released charges on Tuesday accusing the “Gardener” of numerous charges related to drug and weapons trafficking.
In addition, it designates him as the leader of a wide territory of the CJNG on the Pacific coast of Mexico, including the state of Nayarit.
Together, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blocked all of Flores Silva’s property and economic interests in the United States, in accordance with the Foreign Drug Barons Designation Act.
“This indictment and the Treasury Department’s sanctions show that the Justice Department, along with our law enforcement partners, will aggressively investigate and prosecute violent cartels and drug lords importing illegal drugs into our communities,” he said acting assistant attorney. General Nicholas L. McQuaid in a statement.
The text considers the CJNG a “violent Mexican criminal organization responsible for trafficking significant amounts of fentanyl and other deadly drugs to the United States.”
The sanction against Flores Silva is OFAC’s 14th action against the CJNG, pointed out in 2015 – along with its leader, Rubén “Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes – to play an important role in the international drug trade.
Currently, the State Department is offering a reward of up to $ 10 million for information leading to the arrest of Oseguera Cervantes