Ratcheting up pressure on the Zetas, one of Mexico\u2019s most ruthless drug trafficking organizations, the U.S. Treasury Department placed Kingpin Act sanctions on two Mexican nationals it said are are financial operatives for the Zetas drug cartel. They were added to a blacklist that freezes their assets and bars Americans from doing business with them.<\/p>\n
The sanctions, announced Tuesday by the Treasury Department, came a week after Mexico captured the Zetas leader, Miguel \u00c1ngel Trevi\u00f1o Morales, and less than a year after its previous commander was killed. The two men added to the list, Jos\u00e9 Odil\u00f3n Ram\u00edrez Perales and Ismael L\u00f3pez Guerrero, are responsible for laundering and smuggling tens of millions of dollars, according to the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control. The office has sanctioned dozens of Zetas and scores of other drug traffickers in an effort to curtail their financing by denying them access to banks and financial services with links to the United States. Los Zetos Press Release\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a> Ratcheting up pressure on the Zetas, one of Mexico\u2019s most ruthless drug trafficking organizations, the U.S. Treasury Department placed Kingpin Act sanctions on two Mexican nationals it said are are financial operatives for the Zetas drug cartel. They were added … Continue reading ![\"Guilty](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Guilty-in-Zetas-Money-Laundering-Trial-2.jpg\")
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