EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Treasury Department has frozen the assets of a border-based criminal organization, and in the process exposed its ties to one of the largest illicit fentanyl exporters to the United States.
The sanctions target two companies and five individuals with alleged major leadership roles in the transnational criminal organization known as La Linea, the Treasury announced on Thursday. They include R y H El Remate, S.A.C.V., Soluciones Tecnológicas y Paqueteria, S.A.C.V., Josefa Yadira Carrasco Leyva, Jorge Adrian Ortega Gallegos, Heber Nieto Fierro, Adrian Aguayo and Jesus Salas Aguayo.
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The companies and individuals are accused of engaging on activities contributing to the production and international proliferation of illicit narcotics. The sanctions mean not only that their assets in the U.S. are blocked, but also that any other company of which they are found to control 50% or more will also be blocked, the Treasury said.