The action was part of the Take Back America operation, focused on the fight against drug trafficking.
Ovidio Guzmán López, son of El Chapo Guzmán, agreed to collaborate with the US government.
The US authorities seized 10 million dollars (USD) in cryptocurrencies associated with the Sinaloa Cartel, within the framework of a set of measures aimed at weakening the finances of criminal organizations in Mexico.
The operation, framed within the initiative Take Back America Created by Donald Trump’s government, she was revealed at a press conference on Tuesday, led by the interim director of the Drug Control Administration (DEA), Robert Murphy, and Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
Murphy said The seizure took place in the city of Miami. He deepened that, thanks to new intelligence and technology tools, developed from the Halt Fentanyl Law (“Law to stop all lethal traffic of fentanyl”) and the recent budgetary packages of the current government, it has been possible to advance in the detection of financial operations linked to these criminal groups.
“Each seizure represents a strategic blow against the finances of the cartels and demonstrates the magnitude of their presence in the country,” express Murphy
The fight against drug trafficking is not limited to the Financial Front. At a press conference, he commented that during the last weekend of July 4, several seizures of merchandise were carried out, which showed the operational scope of Mexican cartels within the United States.
In South Carolina, 72 kilos of fentanyl and 20 kilos of methamphetamine near a local university were seized, while in Fresno, California, 24 pounds of carps were seized – an extremely powerful substance – disguised as oxycodone pills.
The recent confiscation of cryptocurrencies coincides with a key moment in the fight against the Sinaloa Cartel. Ovid Guzmán López, son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, He was transferred Monday from Chicago Metropolitan Prison to an unleashed locationin special federal custody.
The transfer occurred after an audience on Friday in which the son of Chapo Guzmán declared himself guilty of four charges related to drug trafficking and organized crime. This was within the framework of an agreement with US justice to collaborate and reduce its penalty.
Ovidio Guzmán López was arrested in January 2023, in Culiacán, Sinaloa, during a coordinated operation between Mexican authorities and intelligence agencies in the United States, identified as the Aztec Mongo Operation.
Now, although his departure from the prison does not imply freedom, he does indicate that Guzmán López is under a protection regime for potential collaborating witnesses. As part of the agreement approved by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, he promised to provide information that could be key in new investigations against members of the Sinaloa Cartel.
