The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on several individuals and seven entities involved in a money laundering network supporting the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most violent drug trafficking organizations in the world and a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
The Sinaloa cartel is responsible for a significant portion of illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States and exploits multiple ports of entry along the southern border for its criminal activities.
The sanctions were imposed on the following individuals and entities: Scatman and Hatman Corp SAPI de CV, Personas Unidas Hoas SAPI de CVC, Grupo Zipfel de Mexico SA, Grupo Unter Empresarial SA de CVC Productions Pipo SRL de CV, Grupo Vindende SADCV;
Enrique Dann Esparragosa Rosas, who operates a money-laundering organization overseeing several cells based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico; Alan Viramontes Sesteaga is involved in money laundering for the Sinaloa Cartel. He establishes straw businesses and coordinates large bulk cash pickups on behalf of the organization; Salvador Diaz Rodriguez and Israel Daniel Paez Vargas are Mexicali-based money launderers operating on behalf of Sinaloa.
