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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
NEW YORK, June 19 (Xinhua) — The United States has imposed sanctions on five Mexico-based leaders of the Cartel of Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) as especially dangerous international terrorists.
In a statement posted on the U.S. State Department website Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce blamed the CJNG for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine and other illicit drugs into the United States.
The sanctions list includes CJNG leader Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho,” as well as Audi Flores Silva, who controls clandestine laboratories used to produce methamphetamine and other illegal drugs shipped to the United States.
On January 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating the CJNG as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
In the United States, fentanyl is the leading cause of death and related violence among people aged 18 to 49. –0–