Mexico City. Five members of the cartel The Line They were sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury for their participation in the trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs into United States territory.
Among those sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is Josefa Yadira Carrasco Leyva, alias “La Wera de Palenque”, located by the authorities of the United States and Mexico as one of the figures of high rank of the criminal organization and involved in narcotics, human trafficking and weapons smuggling.
Through a statement from the Treasury Department, released this Thursday by the United States embassy in Mexico, it was reported that the implementation of these sanctions “was closely coordinated” with the Drug Control Administration and with the Mexican government, through of the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF).
“The Line “continues to use its strategic position on the United States border and networks of high-ranking members to facilitate the illicit flow of drugs, weapons and people into the United States, directly contributing to the proliferation of deadly fentanyl in our communities,” said the acting assistant secretary. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. Smith.
According to OFAC, The Line —former armed wing of the Juárez cartel—operates in Ciudad Juarez, “where it has access to drug trafficking routes and human trafficking across the Mexico-United States border.”
The US authorities indicated that this criminal organization charges floor rights to other criminal groups to allow the passage of merchandise and other illegal businesses, such as human trafficking, through the Juárez Valley.
The Line She is an ally, according to Washington, of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. “They have been working together since September 2023, where the CJNG serves as a source of supply for cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl from The Line”
The other alleged Mexican criminals sanctioned by OFAC are: Jorge Adrián Ortega Gallegos “El Naranjas”, a high-level member of The Line who is accused in a US court on drug conspiracy charges.
Heber Nieto Fierro, whom the Treasury singles out as a “drug trafficker and money launderer” for the aforementioned criminal organization, who owns and controls two companies that were also sanctioned this Thursday: R and H El Remate and Soluciones Tecnológica y Packet Tres, from which money obtained from drug trafficking and other criminal activities was laundered.
Just as Jesús Salas Aguayo, “a partner of The Line who controls a plaza in Chihuahua for the cartel,” also accused before a United States court of drug conspiracy; and Adrián Aguayo, another member of the cartel who operates in Chihuahua.
The Line —made up of former members of the security forces— has become one of the most violent groups in the region. The US Treasury Department highlighted that in 2019 it murdered nine citizens of its country, including six children, in Sonora (the case of the LeBaron family)
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