Suspected Mexican cartel leader facing drug charges in Chicago sees Treasury Department freeze his assets

Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, known as “El Musico,” is the head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, known as BLO, a major importer of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin to Chicago and elsewhere across the United States, according to the Treasury Departmen (U.S. Treasury Department)

The Treasury Department has frozen the U.S. assets of Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, the reputed leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels, who has faced charges in Chicago for more than a decade.

Gastelum Iribe, 49, known as “El Musico,” is the head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, known as BLO, a major importer of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin to Chicago and elsewhere across the United States, according to the Treasury Department.