The U.S. Treasury Department is sanctioning several individuals in Mexico it accuses of using casinos and other businesses to launder money for criminal organizations.
The Treasury Department announcement comes the day after the Mexican government announced it had shut down several casinos across the country accused of laundering money.
In addition to new sanctions on 27 businesses and individuals in Mexico, the U.S. government is also proposing a special measure to cut 10 Mexican casinos off from the U.S. financial system.
Three of those casinos are in Mexican cities on the Arizona border in the state of Sonora. One is in San Luis Río Colorado, one is in Agua Prieta and the other is in Nogales.
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network says those casinos launder money to benefit the Sinaloa cartel.
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In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline. -
Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo. -
The Arizona Game and Fish Department warns that Arizona is at risk of the flesh-eating parasite after recent cases in New Mexico and northern Mexico. -
The new sanctions target more than 40 entities and individuals who the U.S. Treasury Department says are aligned with the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa cartel. -
Tropical Storm Polo left coastal areas in Sonora flooded Tuesday, but left other parts of the state with little rainfall as it began to dissipate.
