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US Sanctions Mexican Cartel Members, Companies

The U.S. designated two Mexican members of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion this week, along with their companies, for helping to move fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S. The designations target Juan Carlos Banuelos Ramirez, a CJNG “cell…

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leader” who moves drugs for the group, launders money, procures precursor chemicals and oversees Mexican production labs; and Gerardo Rivera Ibarra, another cartel leader who works to send fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to the U.S. OFAC sanctioned Inmobiliaria Universal Deja Vu S.A. de C.V. for being owned by Banuelos, and Fornely Lab S.A. de C.V. for being owned by Rivera.