The U.S. government announced new sanctions against a drug cartel in Mexico, led by the Flores Meza family, acknowledging them as a rival of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.

The cartel leader Isidro Fausto Meza Flores and seven other members of his family as well as three companies were formally designated as drug trafficking organization by the US Treasury Department.
“This designation broadly prohibits any American from doing business with these eight people, the three companies and the entire organization, and blocks all property under U.S. jurisdiction,” said the text.

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