
The U.S. Treasury Department targeted two casinos and three people for sanctions because of alleged ties to Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexican drug trafficking syndicate the Trump administration has designated as a terrorist organization.
Among the individuals targeted was Raymundo Ramos, president of the Committee for Human Rights of Nuevo Laredo. The federal government accused Ramos of leading the CDN disinformation campaign against Mexican authorities while posing as a "human rights" activist.