:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/2LGGZYNJ6BFQ7KXSLDBY4JRVWU.jpg "Los Zamudio, the family that put their businesses at the service of the Sinaloa Cartel to manufacture fentanyl")
As part of the fight against Sinaloa Cartel and its fentanyl and methamphetamine smuggling activities in the United States, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department sent an information letter to a large network of suppliers of Ovide Guzman Lopezaka “The Mouse”.
They will seek Ovidio Guzmán for crimes committed in Mexico
El Chapo Guzmán’s son was detained by federal forces in Culiacán after an arrest warrant for extradition to the United States, and is currently being held in Altiplano Maximum Security Prison
It is Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma And his brother Crazy Zamudio Lermaas well as his son, Crazy Zamudio Ibarraall from Sinaloa, who are identified as leaders of the criminal network “responsible for placing illicit chemical precursors directly into the hands of members and lab operators of the Sinaloa Cartel”.
“The Zamudio Lerma brothers and their network are promoting the production of synthetic drugs that are devastating the lives of Americans, while the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel are lining their pockets,” said the director of OFAC, Andrea Gackiit is a statement.
The United States sanctioned a network of Sinaloa Cartel suppliers who worked for Ovidio Guzmán
OFAC named the Sinaloa Cartel as “the main supplier of fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States.”
According to Treasury Department investigations, the Zamudios would be aligned with the faction led by Ovidio Guzmán, captured on January 5, 2023, since they would be responsible for supplying chemical substances to the Luis Gerardo Flores Madridwho works directly for the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
In addition, the Zamudio brothers have been identified as the main suppliers of Ernesto Machado Torres there Jose Santana Arredondo Beltranoperators of a “great lab» synthetic drugs.
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This denomination is given to complexes used by criminal groups capable of producing 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) or more narcotics per cycle. In the case of the Sinaloa Cartel, these facilities are used to produce shipments of fentanyl and methamphetamine which are then transferred to the United States through various routes in Sonora and Baja California.
The Zamudio family, as verified by the United States Embassy in Mexico, owns numerous companies in Mexico, some of which were allegedly used specifically to supply chemical precursors to the Sinaloan Cartel:
– Aceros and Refacciones del Humaya, SA de CV., located Boulevard Doctor Enrique Cabrera 2000, Culiacán, Sinaloa, established on September 21, 2006.
– Farmacia Ludimlocated Boulevard Doctor Enrique Cabrera, Tres Ríos, Culiacán, Sinaloa.
The U.S. government considered both companies to be engaging or attempting to engage “in activities or transactions that have made a significant contribution, or posed a significant risk of making a significant contribution to the international proliferation of illicit drugs”.
In addition, authorities have identified at least four other companies linked to the Zamudio family that apparently operate in the real estate sector, as well as the import and export of unspecified goods.
– Rio Humaya Real Estate, SA de CV., real estate company possibly owned, operated or acting on behalf of Lost Zamudio Lerma. It is located in Culiacán and was established on August 20, 2000.
– Operator Zait SA de CVreal estate company which has been designated as owned, managed or acting on behalf of Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma. It is also located in Culiacán and was established on July 22, 2013.
– Operadora del Humaya, SA de CVimport-export company controlled by Ludim Zamudio Lerma, consolidated on October 16, 2003.
– Operator Parque Alamedas, S. de RL de CVdirected by Ludim Zamudio Ibarra, premiered November 8, 2006.
Due to the possible connection of the Zamudios and their companies to the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel, OFAC has blocked all of their properties and assets in US territory. In addition, it prohibited all types of financial movements for US citizens involving subjects and companies flagged by the Treasury Department.