The Trump administration on Thursday sanctioned Mexican nationals and entities linked to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion over a “slew of criminal activities,” including fentanyl trafficking.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued the sanctions over the hundreds of millions generated by CJNG through fuel theft and the smuggling of crude oil as well, it said. 

“Fuel theft and crude oil smuggling are cash cows for CJNG’s narco-terrorist enterprise, providing a lucrative revenue stream for the group and enabling it to wreak havoc in Mexico and the United States,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the release.

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