Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Procesoarticle
Subject Matter: Los Cuinis and CJNG
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Proceso Redaction
The Treasury Department of the United States listed four businesses and three Mexican citizens for their links to the CJNG. The USA authorities made reference to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, the leader of Los Cuinis, and his associates as " special designated narco traffickers", as conforming with the law of designation of foreign heads of narco trafficking (Kingpin Law).
In the communication they detailed the imposition of sanctions against these organizations allied to narco trafficking on the 8th of April of 2015, together with their heads.
With these antecedents, all that these individuals posses are under the jurisdiction of the United States are frozen from today, and that USA citizens are prohibited from carrying out transactions with the businesses and individuals nominated.
Among the sanctioned are Operadora Los Famosos SA de CV, a company that carries out business with Kenzo Sushi. This restaurant, located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is the successor to Mizu Sushi Lounge.
OFAC appointed Mizu Sushi Lounge on September the 17th, 2015, for providing material support to the CJNG narco trafficking activities.
The office also today appointed Alfonso Corona Romero and Edgar Alfonso Corona Robles, father and son, owners of Operadora Los Famosos, where Corona Romero and Corona Robles serve as Straw Men for Los Cuinis and CJNG.
They also underlined that trader "Trade Clear SA", which has commercial dealings with Bake and Kitchen has links to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, who was also appointed today.
Jennifer Beaney Camacho Cazares, who was previously appointed, is the wife of Gonzalez Valencia and holds a key position in the business "Trade Clear SA".
Also, Salime Abouzaid El Bayeh was sanctioned, because she runs Bake and Kitchen and also manages other activities in representation of Abigael Gonzalez Valencia.
Abouzaid Bayeh previously worked for the aforementioned Mizu Sushi Lounge and held a position in the Unomasuno newspaper, which was designated on December the 16th of 2015, for providing support to the drug trafficking activities of Los Cuinis and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia.
Another of the sanctioned companies is Grupo de Alta Especialidad Faramaceutica SA, a distributor or pharmaceuticals in Guadalajara, which is jointly owned by Abouzaid El Bayeh.
The fourth company sanctioned was Operadora de Reposterias and Restaurante SA, a cake business located next to Bake and Kitchen in Plaza Los Tules.
Silvia Romina Sanchez Carlon, who was previously appointed in part to act in the name of Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, is co-owner of this business.
In addition to these delegations, OFAC identified Cabanas La Loma as a new name for the previously designated company known as Las Flores Cabanas.
This company leases cabins in Tapalapa, Jalisco, and was designated on September 17th, 2015 for providing material support to the CJNG drug trafficking activities.
Based on an investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Division of the DEA, in March of 2014 a federal grand jury for the District of Columbia indicted Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia or various narcotics related charges, including being the leaders of an active criminal enterprise.
Gonzalez Valencia was captured by the Mexican authorities in late February 2015 but Oseguera remains a fugitive.
Since June of 2000, more than 2000 businesses and individuals have been designated under the kingpin act for their involvement in international narcotics trafficking.
Subject Matter: Los Cuinis and CJNG
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Proceso Redaction
The Treasury Department of the United States listed four businesses and three Mexican citizens for their links to the CJNG. The USA authorities made reference to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, the leader of Los Cuinis, and his associates as " special designated narco traffickers", as conforming with the law of designation of foreign heads of narco trafficking (Kingpin Law).
In the communication they detailed the imposition of sanctions against these organizations allied to narco trafficking on the 8th of April of 2015, together with their heads.
With these antecedents, all that these individuals posses are under the jurisdiction of the United States are frozen from today, and that USA citizens are prohibited from carrying out transactions with the businesses and individuals nominated.
Among the sanctioned are Operadora Los Famosos SA de CV, a company that carries out business with Kenzo Sushi. This restaurant, located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is the successor to Mizu Sushi Lounge.
OFAC appointed Mizu Sushi Lounge on September the 17th, 2015, for providing material support to the CJNG narco trafficking activities.
The office also today appointed Alfonso Corona Romero and Edgar Alfonso Corona Robles, father and son, owners of Operadora Los Famosos, where Corona Romero and Corona Robles serve as Straw Men for Los Cuinis and CJNG.
They also underlined that trader "Trade Clear SA", which has commercial dealings with Bake and Kitchen has links to Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, who was also appointed today.
Jennifer Beaney Camacho Cazares, who was previously appointed, is the wife of Gonzalez Valencia and holds a key position in the business "Trade Clear SA".
Also, Salime Abouzaid El Bayeh was sanctioned, because she runs Bake and Kitchen and also manages other activities in representation of Abigael Gonzalez Valencia.
Abouzaid Bayeh previously worked for the aforementioned Mizu Sushi Lounge and held a position in the Unomasuno newspaper, which was designated on December the 16th of 2015, for providing support to the drug trafficking activities of Los Cuinis and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia.
Another of the sanctioned companies is Grupo de Alta Especialidad Faramaceutica SA, a distributor or pharmaceuticals in Guadalajara, which is jointly owned by Abouzaid El Bayeh.
The fourth company sanctioned was Operadora de Reposterias and Restaurante SA, a cake business located next to Bake and Kitchen in Plaza Los Tules.
Silvia Romina Sanchez Carlon, who was previously appointed in part to act in the name of Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, is co-owner of this business.
In addition to these delegations, OFAC identified Cabanas La Loma as a new name for the previously designated company known as Las Flores Cabanas.
This company leases cabins in Tapalapa, Jalisco, and was designated on September 17th, 2015 for providing material support to the CJNG drug trafficking activities.
Based on an investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Division of the DEA, in March of 2014 a federal grand jury for the District of Columbia indicted Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and Abigael Gonzalez Valencia or various narcotics related charges, including being the leaders of an active criminal enterprise.
Gonzalez Valencia was captured by the Mexican authorities in late February 2015 but Oseguera remains a fugitive.
Since June of 2000, more than 2000 businesses and individuals have been designated under the kingpin act for their involvement in international narcotics trafficking.