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December 7, 2018 / 8:05 AM / 2 days ago
Mexico's new government takes aim at drug cartel finances
Stefanie Eschenbacher, Michael O'Boyle
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is taking aim at the finances of the powerful Jalisco cartel in what a top anti-money laundering official said was an opening salvo in the fight to stop criminal gangs from flourishing with impunity.
Santiago Nieto, new head of the finance ministry’s Financial Intelligence Unit, told Reuters on Thursday he had filed a complaint against three businesses and seven people linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. On Wednesday, the finance ministry had said Nieto’s unit filed its first complaint with prosecutors, but provided no details.
The move against the Jalisco cartel, a relative newcomer that has risen to become one of Mexico’s most dangerous criminal gangs, sends a “first message†under Lopez Obrador, who took office Saturday, of his government’s determination to crack down on drug gang finances, Nieto said.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-politics-crime/mexicos-new-government-takes-aim-at-drug-cartel-finances-idUSKBN1O61L5
And there will be bloodshed if this happens but there will be bloodshed doing nothing as well. I hope those earnestly fighting the cartels are protected.
