Overview
- The U.S. Treasury used an antiterror statute to designate Deputy Hilda Araceli Brown and froze assets tied to 22 people and entities linked to the Cártel de Sinaloa.
- Mexico’s financial intelligence unit said it was notified weeks earlier but found insufficient proof to order domestic account freezes.
- Sheinbaum stated the national prosecutor’s office would open a case only if U.S. authorities deliver supporting evidence.
- Morena leader Luisa María Alcalde said any probe must rely on formal elements presented to the Fiscalía General de la República, not media reports.
- Movimiento Ciudadano filed a political-impeachment complaint in the Chamber of Deputies, while Brown rejected the U.S. accusations.