Overview

• The US Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges against key leaders of Cárteles Unidos and its Los Viagras faction for large-scale drug production and trafficking.
• The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions to freeze assets of cartel figures and choke off their financial networks.
• The State Department announced reward offers totaling up to $26 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of named cartel leaders.
• A US unmanned aircraft carried out intelligence flights over Michoacán, Guerrero and Estado de México at the Mexican government’s request in support of ongoing investigations.
• Ex-Pemex chief Carlos Treviño remains held in the US under migration custody, with Mexican authorities planning deportation for corruption charges while his defense cites an asylum claim and a canceled Interpol Red Notice that could delay transfer.