The U.S. State Department is offering $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrests or convictions of two brothers they say are Sinaloa cartel bosses.
Brothers René and Alfonso Arzate García are accused of controlling Tijuana operations for the powerful drug cartel.
The State Department is offering the rewards in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Justice.
The reward announcement comes at the same time as a new U.S. federal indictment for René Arzate García, also known as “La Rana,” or “The Frog.”
The superseding indictment charges René Arzate García with drug trafficking crimes in a California federal court, as well as material support for terrorism. The Trump administration early last year designated several Mexico-based drug cartels, including the Sinaloa cartel, as foreign terrorist organizations.
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Mexico, Brazil and Colombia jointly called for a pause after almost two weeks of fighting. -
The around $21 million project aims to improve mobility, security and trade at the far west portion of the Arizona-Sonora border. -
The investigation could lead to tariffs on fresh, winter strawberries from Mexico. -
The expanded order requires services that transfer money abroad to report data about customers who make transactions over $1,000. -
The U.S. and Mexico will meet next week to begin talks on the USMCA, the trade agreement that governs much of the economic relationship between the two countries as well as Canada. The USMCA is one of the major reasons that trade with Mexico has remained relatively steady in spite of the broader uncertainty created by President Trump's ill fated tariff policy.
