U.S. bans ties to 18 Mexican firms, people
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday banned Americans from doing business with six Mexican companies and 12 people it said were fronts for the Sinaloa drug cartel.
It said the companies and individuals were involved in the operations of Ismael Zambada, identified as “one of Mexico’s most powerful drug kingpins.”
The department’s action also freezes any of their U.S. assets. The Nino Feliz day care center in Culiacan is one of the institutions banned. Its director said her operation was “in no way” related to Zambada. A man at another blacklisted business, Nueva Industria de Ganaderos de Culiacan, a cattle and dairy company, said no one was available to comment.
Among the individuals identified as fronts for Zambada were his ex-wife, Rosario Niebla Cardoza, and their four daughters.
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