The Treasury Department said Wednesday it is sanctioning 12 entities and people linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel and their distribution of fentanyl. 

The move comes after the State Department last month issued visa restrictions for 75 people they believed were linked to the Sinaloa Cartel in an effort to tamp down the Mexican transnational crime organization’s drug trafficking operations.

Two of the people sanctioned Wednesday include Armando de Jesus Ojeda Aviles and Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas. 

Ojeda Aviles is described as heading up “a network involved in laundering the proceeds of fentanyl and other narcotics trafficking activities” for the cartel, while Gonzales Penuelas is described as being a leader of “a longstanding organization involved in trafficking illicit drugs into the United States and laundering funds” in service of the cartel.

“As President Trump has made clear, this Administration will not allow narco-terrorists to flood our borders with poison,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. “Treasury will continue to target terrorist cartels and their fentanyl trafficking networks to protect our communities and Keep America Safe.”

The move also comes after the Trump Administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization last year for its trafficking of illicit fentanyl, which President Donald Trump has designated as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.

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