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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

High-Level CJNG Associate Financially Sanctioned

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Juan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh (“Abouzaid El Bayeh”)

Los Angeles – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Mexican national Juan Manuel Abouzaid El Bayeh (“Abouzaid El Bayeh”) as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).


OFAC designated Abouzaid El Bayeh for his high-level role in facilitating drug shipments and money laundering for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a violent Mexican drug trafficking organization that is responsible for trafficking a significant proportion of the fentanyl and other deadly drugs that enter the United States.  Today’s action is the result of OFAC’s ongoing collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Los Angeles Field Division.


“Treasury’s action against Abouzaid El Bayeh is a demonstration of the United States’ continuing commitment to dismantling CJNG through the targeting of critical cogs in the organization’s leadership structure,” said Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Andrea M. Gacki.


“The CJNG is responsible for the majority of the fentanyl, methamphetamine and other illicit drugs that flood Los Angeles,” said DEA Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner. “Our unwavering mission to disrupt CJNG’s operations was reflected by today’s actions against those that aid and support this global criminal enterprise.”


Abouzaid El Bayeh was designated for materially assisting in, providing financial or technological support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of the international narcotics trafficking activities of CJNG.


In June 2020, Mexican authorities blocked Abouzaid El Bayeh’s Mexican bank accounts due to his relationship with CJNG.  Previously, in October 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice identified Abouzaid El Bayeh as being linked to CJNG and unsealed a federal drug trafficking indictment filed against him in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that was investigated by the DEA Los Angeles Field Division.


Specifically, Abouzaid El Bayeh was charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, knowing and intending that it will be imported into the United States.  The indictment alleges the activity began in or around 2012.  Abouzaid El Bayeh, who remains a fugitive from these charges, maintains a close relationship with senior leaders of CJNG.


PREVIOUS U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS ON CJNG AND LOS CUINIS 

The Kingpin Act designation marks OFAC’s twelfth action against CJNG, which was designated on April 8, 2015, along with its leader, Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes (a.k.a. “Mencho”), for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking.


In previous actions, OFAC designated a wide range of businesses and individuals linked to CJNG and its close ally, the previously designated Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization. The previously designated businesses in Mexico include shopping centers, real estate companies, agricultural companies, a music promotion business, and a luxury boutique hotel.

 

Many of these Mexican entities have engaged in the laundering of drug proceeds and represent attempts by CJNG and Los Cuinis to integrate themselves into the legitimate economy.  Among the previously designated individuals are those who play critical roles in CJNG’s drug trafficking activities, including money laundering, and those who facilitate corruption activities on behalf of CJNG and Los Cuinis.


As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated individual that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons must be blocked and reported to OFAC.  OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or persons within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. 

Source: DEA Press Release

17 comments:

  1. Tiene cara de perro.

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    1. Es que quesque es arabe, but when he belly dances the 7 veils dance for you it will not matter

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  2. Amlo says he is putting all corrupt past Presidents in jail. Will he do it

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    1. Wouldn’t he need to start with himself?

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    2. He should put himself in jail too

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    3. he will be in jail himself

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    4. AMLO has yet to to hold any past president accountable for discrepancies of corruption. High ranking government officials like the former General who was detained in the US was extradited back to Mexico with charges dropped. This in part to the wishes of Mexicos president.
      Looks like the 2 way justice system like here in the US for those politically connected.

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  3. Lol man... he looks EXACTLY like an old coworker of mine..

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    1. 11:43 PM That is a good thing. Look like any random paisa. The whole fact the US is blaming CJNG for the majority of fentanyl is hilarious. Where is Jalisco going to grow all the flowers to produce that much fentanyl? Guerrero is controlled by Carteles Unidos, Sinaloa and Durango is controlled by Carteles Unidos it is very evident who is trafficking and producing fentanyl.

      CJNG makes its money trafficking Cocaine, Meth that is their bread and butter. With Los Carteles Unidos taking their cocaine route they might actually be in a pickle. Unless they have other route wouldn't surprise me.

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    2. 10:11 flowers for fentayl......

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    3. 10:11 Fentanyl is synthetic, but this shows how CJNG fanboys are retarded foreigners. No one in Mexico likes that CDS wannabe cartel known as Jaliscas.

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    4. Sergio Kurt Schmidt has been a Jaliska King Maker since the 80s and allied with the drug traffickers that became CJNG helped get the last governors like aristoteles sandoval and enrique alfaro now having a bitch fight with him, also had his son in the pipe line to power but he had to resign when he got exposed.

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  4. Menchito snitching out all his rat DAD mencho high level associates whats a rat like his father

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  5. Whats the email so i can send you guys some juicy stuff?

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  6. And yet, it's open border politics for some...

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  7. The italian Ndrangheta are Rich but very limited by members and and mostly family related and this is their Achilles heel! Also its the ndrangheta are the ones who needs the cartels much more! With the fire power and unlimited members the cartels like Sinaloa And CJNG have...russians,italians and others seems like a easy targets for them!

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  8. 11:43 the coworker that promised you that wristwatch if you would "go" with him?

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