The Ecuadorian Wilder SF and the Mexican Miguel VR were sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury.
This is part of coordinated actions between OFAC and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
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Under the sanction, all property and interests in the property of both, which are within the United States or in the possession or control of US persons, will be blocked and reported to OFAC.
The compatriot is identified as an alleged drug trafficker who supplies cocaine to the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico, it was indicated on the website of the Embassy and consulates of the United States in Mexico. He is considered “one of the most important drug traffickers in the world today.”
According to that website, the Ecuadorian works from Guayaquil, obtains tons of cocaine from manufacturing laboratories in southern Colombia, and transports that drug from Colombia to Ecuador through ground transportation. Cocaine shipments are shipped from Ecuador to Central America, Mexico, and the United States via private planes, ocean vessels, commercial containers, and vehicles.
Additionally, Wilder SF is credited with having sent representatives of his alleged organization to meetings with members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel in order to establish links to import large quantities of drugs.
The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels are responsible for trafficking a significant proportion of the fentanyl, cocaine, and other deadly drugs that enter the United States.
The alleged drug traffickers were designated pursuant to Executive Order 1405.
The Mexican, meanwhile, is identified as an alleged drug trafficker who works from Culiacán (Sinaloa) and imports cocaine from Ecuador supplied by Wilder SF, with whom he would work directly.
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According to the website of the Embassy and consulates of the United States in Mexico, Miguel VR serves as an intermediary between the Ecuadorian and the leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations prohibit all transactions by US citizens or persons within (or transiting through) the United States, involving any property or interest in property of designated or blocked persons. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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