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U.S. Treasury sanctions 20+ Sinaloa cartel drug network

4/29/2026

Summary

Treasury Sanctions Cartel

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned over 20 individuals tied to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Carrillo Torres (“Dora”) received up to 116 kg of N-Boc-4-Piperidone in two months.
Regulo Acosta Hernández (“Tobilio”) supplies fentanyl and cocaine, launders money, runs two sanctioned firms, and was arrested in Mexico.
Intermediaries ship precursors labeled “safe chemicals” to cooks in labs run by Ramiro Baltazar Félix Heras (“Güero Reyna”) in the Mayos region and Los F1.

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Treasury Hits Cartel

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Reyma Global Trading of Mexico City for shipping Indian chemicals via Guatemala to Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa and Guadalajara for methamphetamine.
María Viridiana Rugerio Arriaga of Química Soluciones y Logística Bajío was sanctioned for acquiring chemicals and selling them to the cartel.
U.S. officials said firms linked to José de Jesús Ramírez Torres and Aduaeasy supplied precursors to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, showing cartel links.

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Treasury Freezes

Treasury froze accounts of trader Satishkumar Hareshbjai Sutaria, sales associate Yuktakumari Ashishkumar Modi, and their firms SR Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals and Agrat Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals.
Treasury also designated Jaime Augusto Barrientos Camaz and his firms J and C Import and Central Logística de Servicios for shipping fentanyl precursors with counterfeit labels from India and Guatemala to Mexico.
The designations bar the listed parties from any U.S. business or financial transactions.

History

Historical Context

In 1995 President Bill Clinton used IEEPA to blacklist Cali Cartel leaders, paving the way for the 1999 Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. OFAC began freezing assets with its first designations on June 1 2000, and by February 2022 the list grew to 2,182 targets. Today Treasury sanctions on Reyma Global Trading, Satishkumar Sutaria’s firms and Mexican intermediaries extend that asset-freeze strategy against the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Treasury Sanctions Cartel

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned over 20 individuals tied to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Carrillo Torres (“Dora”) received up to 116 kg of N-Boc-4-Piperidone in two months.
Regulo Acosta Hernández (“Tobilio”) supplies fentanyl and cocaine, launders money, runs two sanctioned firms, and was arrested in Mexico.
Intermediaries ship precursors labeled “safe chemicals” to cooks in labs run by Ramiro Baltazar Félix Heras (“Güero Reyna”) in the Mayos region and Los F1.

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