U.S. Targets Carteles Unidos Leaders With $26 Million in Rewards Following Indictments

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For the second time this week, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury have announced charges and sanctions against a Mexican drug cartel.

After imposing sanctions on the Jalisco cartel for a timeshare fraud scheme, U.S. authorities are now targeting the group known as Cárteles Unidos, or United Cartels, with economic sanctions and have charged five high-ranking members of the organization in an effort to dismantle its criminal enterprise.