Overview

• OFAC added eight individuals and twelve Mexico-based companies to the Specially Designated Nationals list for allegedly supplying fentanyl precursors to the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
• Those named include siblings Víctor, Francisco, Jorge, and María Gabriela Favela López, along with associates Jairo Verdugo and Gilberto Gallardo, plus alleged front persons Martha Emilia Conde and César López.
• Treasury said the network centered on Sumilab, sanctioned in 2023, and then relied on shell companies to keep importing and distributing chemical inputs for synthetic drugs.
• Entities operate in Culiacán and across Sinaloa, with related activity noted in Sonora and Baja California, and all U.S.-linked assets of the designated parties are immediately blocked.
• Treasury cited more than 500,000 U.S. fentanyl deaths and noted two of four Los Chapitos leaders are in custody as authorities expand extraterritorial tools under the terrorist label.