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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on nine Mexican individuals linked to powerful Mexico-based drug cartels.
The nine individuals were designated for providing material assistance to the drug trafficking activities of leaders of Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO), the Treasury Department said in a statement.
As a result of the action, any assets the individuals may have under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
"Today's action strikes at the inner circles of CJNG and the Los Cuinis DTO by targeting the complicit family members of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia and other key players in their drug trafficking operations," said John Smith, Acting Director of Treasury Department' s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
"We will continue to work closely with the Mexican private sector in our efforts to expose, isolate, and disrupt the finances of Mexican cartels," Smith added.
Two additional individuals are also designated on Thursday for supporting the trafficking activities of the two drug cartels, which were initially sanctioned on April 8, 2015.
