Treasury Takes Largest Action Ever Targeting Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

Sanctions Target CJNG’s Leadership, Drug Trafficking Cells, and Illicit Finance Networks Spread Across MexicoWASHINGTON—Today, in a sweeping action to confront narcoterrorism, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned over 50 Mexican individuals and entities linked to the terrorist group Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). Today’s action disrupts a wide range of criminal activities benefitting CJNG across multiple Mexican states. Among today’s targets is dual Mexican-U.S. national Juan Carlos Gonzalez (a.k.a. “Pelon”), who became the new leader of the cartel following the recent death of his stepfather, CJNG founder Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, a.k.a. “El Mencho.” “President Trump has made clear that terrorist cartels will be dismantled,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.