Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

U.S. sanctions three members of Jalisco cartel connected to the murder of ex-governor in Puerto Vallarta

The United States Department of Treasury identified two alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, whom it linked to the attack of the capital's Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, and the murder of former Jalisco governor, Aristóteles Sandoval in Puerto Vallarta.

Carlos Andrés Rivera Varela, "La Firma"; and Francisco Javier Gudiño Haro, "La Gallina", are two of the men named by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) who allegedly orchestrating homicides using high . . .

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