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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

US Treasury Sanctions Fourth "Chapito," Joaquín Guzmán López for Fentanyl Trafficking

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat


Today, the United States sanctioned one of the sons of "El Chapo" alongside three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S.

The Treasury Department designated Joaquín Guzmán López and others for financial sanctions, including a freeze on American-owned assets and bank accounts and a ban on Americans doing business with them. A Culiacan, Mexico chemical and lab equipment company and a real estate business also were targeted for sanctions.


The latest penalties by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control follow a set of April fentanyl trafficking charges brought against his three brothers, Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar, known as Los Chapitos, and two dozen members of the Sinaloa cartel. OFAC previously designated the Guzman Salazar brothers, as well as Ovidio Guzman Lopez, in 2012 pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and again in 2021 pursuant to E.O. 14059.

Los Chapitos

Joaquin Guzman Lopez works closely with his brothers and is responsible for overseeing many aspects of the Los Chapitos drug trafficking empire. For example, Joaquin Guzman Lopez is involved in the management of super labs—which have often been supplied by a network run by Sinaloa-based brothers Ludim and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma—and in the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States. In February of this year, OFAC designated the Zamudio Lerma brothers pursuant to E.O. 14059.



Joaquin Guzman Lopez was first indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and Guzman Lopez has since been charged in multiple superseding indictments in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, including the indictment unsealed on April 14, 2023.

The network of real estate and chemical lab companies connected to Joaquin Guzman Lopez.

Sinaloa Members Sanctioned

The three other individuals OFAC designated today include:



Raymundo Perez Uribe leads a supplier network used by the Sinaloa Cartel to obtain precursor chemicals for the manufacture of illicit drugs.



Saul Paez Lopez, who is involved in coordinating illicit drug shipments for his first cousins, Ovidio and Joaquin Guzman Lopez.


Mario Esteban Ogazon Sedano, who purchases illicit precursor chemicals from Ludim Zamudio Lerma and operates illegal drug laboratories on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Sanctioned Companies

Additionally, Sumilab, S.A. de C.V. (Sumilab), which is a Culiacan, Sinaloa-based chemical and lab equipment company, was designated today for its involvement in providing and shipping precursor chemicals for and to Sinaloa Cartel members and associates. OFAC designated all four individuals, as well as Sumilab, pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having engaged in, or attempted to engage in, activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or pose a significant risk of materially contributing to, the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production.

In addition, OFAC designated a Sinaloa-based real estate business, Urbanizacion, Inmobiliaria y Construccion de Obras, S.A. de C.V., pursuant to E.O. 14059 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Mario Esteban Ogazon Sedano.



$5,000,000 Reward

While Ovidio Guzman Lopez was captured in Mexico in January of this year, Joaquin Guzman Lopez and the Guzman Salazar brothers remain fugitives. Through its Narcotics Rewards Program, the U.S. Department of State offers a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, as well as a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar.

China-Mexico-US Fentynal Trafficking Debate

The sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was to talk with President Joe Biden by phone about immigration and the fentanyl crisis. López Obrador has denied that drug cartels make fentanyl in Mexico, although he has acknowledged that precursor chemicals and finished fentanyl are smuggled into Mexico from China, a claim China has denied.

Mexico, China, and a lesser extent India are the primary sources of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly into the US, according to the DEA. Most of the fentanyl trafficked in the United States comes from the Sinaloa cartel, the DEA says.

“Today’s action continues to disrupt key nodes of the global illicit fentanyl enterprise, including the producers, suppliers, and transporters,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson. “Treasury, in close coordination with the Government of Mexico and U.S. law enforcement, will continue to leverage our authorities to isolate and disrupt Los Chapitos and the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations at every juncture.”



44 comments:

  1. I like how "Los Chapitos" threw El Mayo under the bus with the fentanyl lab bust. These guys really are informants just like their pops.

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    1. Well they have established agreements to do that. Once caught, the biggest players are allowed to “snitch” on each other because everyone already knows about them and they have a system set up where they will say “anything they have to” in such situations. They’re not telling the feds anything they don’t already know except minor details about lower ranking operators and schemes.

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    2. Chapitos and MZ aren’t the only ones in the cartel man…. Let alone in Culicacan…. It could have been anyone framing them

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    3. @3:04 you basically explained what snitching and tried to justify why they do it. They’re pussies bottom line. Thats why most paisas in the US rat. They’ve accustomed people into the idea that snitching is okay. They’re all a bunch of pussies.

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    4. Paisas snitch, the Mexican mafia snitches, the Italians snitch. There's no loyalty amongst crooks and thieves. 854, you're a fool for thinking otherwise.

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    5. 854 your a clown calling others snitch when u would do the same if facing 1726373838 years stfu clown

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    6. @1201 — you’re too one dimensional to even understand the top game of the underworld, so don’t even try…

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    7. The Loyalty shit is good to throw around when your recruiting, but in practice it’s just not practical. And I’ve heard similar stories that all the king pins know if they get caught and can give info to get a smaller sentence then do it 100 % of the time. They all do it to their enemies. That’s just business.

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    8. 1236 I'm one dimensional but you're the one who can't accept that snitching takes place amongst the top leaders of all criminal organizations. LOL. Ok, you keep thinking you can trust a criminal Tonto.

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  2. Chapitos got heat !
    I remember a guy at the penn used to say
    "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

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    1. In the penn huh lmao that’s from the movie Heat… Robert De Niro said it

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    2. 2:19 that's correct. Great movie and the lady Neil leaves 💯👌

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    3. Es de la película heat de de Niro y al Pacino.

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    4. 2:19
      jajaja..
      busted!
      🦎

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    5. 2:19 PM
      Can you believe this shit or what ?
      'a guy in the pen'
      Its from a fucklin movie soft arse DeNiro.
      Have you got a soft arse ?

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    6. Some go to Penn State while others go to the State Penn… 🦉

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    7. @219 — is absolutely correct lmao…

      I assume OP “for as long as he could remember, always wanted to be a gangster”…

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    8. In the penn/jail
      …..hahaha GTFOH

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    9. https://youtu.be/rGPWW9Pjzto

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    10. Lol this dude really used a movie quote to sound cool Jajajja.

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    11. @1:51 bro you can’t be stealing movie quotes and saying some dude told you that hahah, especially if it’s from one of the greats like De Niro lol.

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    12. Heat is top 10 in the US on Netflix at the moment, and of early this week lol

      which explains it's sudden appearance here

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    13. @J — looks like you nailed it… lol hilarious

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  3. Chapitos are fearless they remind of something I once told a detective "I Do What I Do Best; I Take Scores. You Do What You Do Best; Try To Stop Guys Like Me."

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    1. This a quote from the movie Heat foo. Thats what Deniro told pacino in that coffee shop.

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    2. Jajaja another HEAT line

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    3. Wish you would shut up quoting heat!

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    4. Leave the gun..
      Take the cannoli..
      🦎

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  4. But, but, don't the cha-pitos have an anti SEAL team better equipped than delta? What about the 300 foqueros ondeados? Oh, and their "dream team" of lawyers that can beat any case?

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  5. I remember always reading comments in the past here that this guy was living in FLA and always riding around in expensive rides… supposedly has a condo in that famous building where the cars parked in your floor… 🦉

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    1. Thats their cousin. He still does

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  6. Check out the website for the company…

    https://sumilab.com.mx/

    They sell sh*t straight out of Breaking Bad lmao

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    1. And yet they mixing that shit up like Neanderthals and killing people, when their own company sells the shit that can make it as good as real pharma can. Did you see the prices on that shit they're selling? Crazy.

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    2. They probably don’t sell anything and it’s all a money laundering front, plus source for chems and equipment 🦉

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  7. With ovido out and of the picture and about to be extradited there are 3 more chupapitos, man those guys got a lot of heat on their rat tail 🐀🐁🐭

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    1. There are technically over a dozen of them… 🦉

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    2. 9:16 yea Rats reproduce really fast and in big numbers

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  8. Damn slick, you are correct.

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  9. I have a silly question.?

    Which one of the Chapito brothers is the one that’s the most powerful?

    Rubio NYC

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    1. Silly indeed….

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    2. Ivan is the most powerful.

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    3. However if Ivan is ever arrested then I think the next most powerful would be Alfrdeo.

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    4. Pretty much this 4 chapitos were the ones with some power, the rest aint big fish

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