USA sanctions were introduced today 15 members of the Sinaloa cartel already six companies in Mexico is involved in the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs, said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.

Almost In 2022, 80,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses.according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Mexico, for its part, has become one of the main destinations for trafficking of this powerful synthetic opiate, which crosses the country towards the northern border.

Adeyemo said this at a press conference in Phoenix.

One of our top priorities… (is) to stop the smuggling of fentanyl into the United States and disrupt the cartels that traffic this deadly drug.

Advertising is part Fentanyl Strike Force Treasury and the Biden government’s plan combating illicit trafficking of this powerful drug.

This action was closely coordinated with the Mexican government through the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF).

Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a mobile phone company based in Mexico, Smart Depotand several associated actors, including brothers Arturo D’Artagnan Marin Gonzalez and Portos Marin Gonzalez, responsible for implementing the scheme “black peso market” of the Sinaloa cartel.

Specifically in coordination with fentanyl suppliers to the Sinaloa cartelThe Marin brothers negotiated the sale of fentanyl in the United States and used proceeds from illegal sales to purchase cellphones from American companies.

After cell phones arrived in Mexico, They were sold in stores in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mazatlan, Sinaloa and Cancun. Smart Depot thus acquiring Mexican pesos. While the shops Smart Depot expanded and prospered Traffickers from the Sinaloa Cartel profited from the sale of their illegal products in local currency.