The United States increased pressure on the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) by imposing economic sanctions on Sergio Armando Orozco Rodríguez for "illicit activities" in Puerto Vallarta, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.
Orozco, also known as "Chocho" and of Mexican nationality, "acts for or on behalf" of the CJNG "facilitating various illicit activities" in the city.
The CJNG traffics a significant amount of the fentanyl and other drugs that enter the United States and uses Puerto Vallarta "as a strategic bastion not only for drug trafficking but also for money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, and . . .
