The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Aug. 6 against three high-ranking members and a prominent associate of the Mexican Cartel del Noreste, known as “Los Zetas,” based in Mexico.
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced in a statement that it has sanctioned four key individuals linked to the Cartel del Noreste (CDN).
They are identified as Abdón Federico Rodríguez García, second-in-command of the CDN; Antonio Romero Sánchez (Romero), a high-ranking member of the CDN; Francisco Daniel Esqueda Nieto (Esqueda), head of tactical operations for the CDN; and Ricardo Hernández Medrano, known by his stage names El Makabelico or Comando Exclusivo, a popular rapper and a CDN associate….
US Treasury Sanctions Members of Mexican Cartel ‘Los Zetas,’ Including Rapper El Makabelico
