U.S. Treasury sanctions Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima and leader José Antonio Yepez Ortiz

The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on the Mexican criminal group Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima and its leader, José Antonio Yepez Ortiz. The Treasury Department stated that the cartel generates most of its illicit income through large-scale fuel and oil theft in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

These actions are part of ongoing efforts to combat organized crime and illicit activities linked to drug trafficking and fuel theft in the region. The sanctions will restrict the cartel"s access to the U.S. financial system and freeze any assets they may hold within U.S. jurisdiction.

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