60 Foreign Nationals Indicted in Major International Drug Trafficking Case

U.S. Department of Treasury announces sanctions against 12 defendants linked to the Beltran Leyva Organization, a Mexico-based drug trafficking group.

• Eight indictments were unsealed, charging 60 Mexican and foreign nationals with international drug trafficking offenses involving heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana.
• The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against 12 of the defendants linked to the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO), a Mexico-based group involved in drug trafficking to the U.S. for over two decades.
• Defendant Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, aka Salgado and Musico, is indicted in multiple districts and is alleged to have coordinated deliveries of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and heroin into the U.S. and deliveries of millions of dollars of cash narcotics proceeds from customers in the U.S. for the BLO.
• Three indictments were unsealed in the Southern District of California charging 29 individuals with international drug trafficking offenses.
• Five related indictments were also unsealed in the District of Columbia, Central District of California and Northern District of Illinois charging an additional 31 Mexican and foreign nationals with international drug trafficking.

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