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Article: TREASURY DESIGNATES CORPORATE NETWORK TIED TO AMEZCUA CONTRERAS ORGANIZATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 2, 2008
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today named 10 individuals and six companies tied to the Amezcua Contreras Organization, a major Mexican drug trafficking organization, as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs). The designees, all based in Mexico, are now subject to economic sanctions pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).
"We are further sanctioning the Amezcua Contreras Organization today to degrade and dismantle its network of associates and companies producing methamphetamines for distribution in the United States and ...