Treasury Sanctions Illicit Fentanyl Supply Network Supporting the Sinaloa Cartel

The Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Chapitos Faction Dominates Fentanyl Flow into the United StatesWASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eight Mexican individuals and 12 Mexico-based companies affiliated with the Sinaloa Cartel’s Los Chapitos faction. This network supplies illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals to the Sinaloa Cartel, a terrorist organization responsible for a significant portion of the deadly drugs trafficked into the United States.“Over 500,000 Americans have died of fentanyl poisoning,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley. “President Trump has made clear that stopping the deadly flow of drugs into our country is a top national security priority. Under Secretary Bessent’s leadership, the Treasury Department is committed to dismantling the complex financial networks that support these terrorist organizations.”Within the Sinaloa Cartel, the faction known as Los Chapitos is run by the four sons of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera.