It is the latest sign of Mexico's commitment to step up its fight against organized crime after US President Donald Trump backed off from his threat to designate Mexican cartels as terrorist groups. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) considers the cartel, known under the Spanish acronym CJNG, as one of the most prolific drug trafficking organisations in the world that is now flooding the US market with methamphetamine. It said it managed to have 1,770 bank accounts of individuals frozen as well as 167 for companies and two trusts linked to the CJNG. Mexican authorities extradited Ruben Oseguera, son of the cartel's top boss, Nemesio Oseguera, to the United States in February. In a fresh blow a month later, US authorities arrested more than 250 people linked to the cartel.

Source: bd News24 June 03, 2020 00:33 UTC