Overview

• The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four members of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), including co-leaders Johnny and Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga, freezing their U.S.-based assets.
• The Department of Justice unsealed indictments against the Hurtado brothers, charging them with manufacturing, importing, and distributing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine into the U.S.
• The State Department announced up to $8 million in rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the cartel's leaders, marking the first rewards tied to a Foreign Terrorist Organization-designated cartel.
• The sanctions and indictments are part of Operation Take Back America, a coordinated initiative to dismantle transnational criminal organizations and disrupt their financial networks.
• LNFM has been implicated in drug and human trafficking, extortion, and acts of violence, including the use of drones and explosives against rivals and Mexican security forces.