Overview

• The DEA reported coordinated actions from August 25 to 29 across 23 U.S. regions and seven foreign regions targeting the cartel’s command-and-control and smuggling networks.
• Agents seized about 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder, 714,707 counterfeit pills, roughly 2,209 kilograms of methamphetamine, about 7,469 kilograms of cocaine, and 16.55 kilograms of heroin.
• Authorities also confiscated 420 firearms, approximately $11.1 million in cash, and assets valued at about $1.7 million.
• The agency linked the sweeps to its Proyecto Portero initiative focused on dismantling “guardianes” who control border corridors.
• The action follows the Trump administration’s February designation of the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, which U.S. officials say broadened enforcement tools.