Posted on 03/24/2010 12:52:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 54 members of two powerful Mexican drug gangs it blames for a spike in killings near the U.S. border in recent weeks.
The Treasury said the actions target "principal lieutenants and enforcers" of the powerful Gulf cartel and Los Zetas, a splinter group now battling the Gulf cartel.
By adding the individuals to its blacklist of "specially designated narcotics traffickers," the Treasury is banning Americans from doing business with them and seeking to freeze any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction.
Treasury's announcement came a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised to help Mexico broaden its war with drug traffickers who are now threatening civil society.
Clinton was in Mexico City on Tuesday as part of a delegation to underscore U.S. concern over Mexico's drug violence. She was joined by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
U.S. concern over the bloodshed sharpened this month after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
The U.S. Treasury's sanctions against the Gulf cartel and Los Zetas members are similar to those it imposes against terrorist financiers and weapons proliferators, which seek to block their access to the international banking system.
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Next will be a strongly worded letter, perhaps in all caps. You’ve been warned!
TOUGH TALK!!!!
Teddy Roosevelt would have seized their butts, dragged them across the border and hanged them.
Too bad it’s not an Eiger-type sanction.
By adding the individuals to its blacklist of “specially designated narcotics traffickers,” the Treasury is banning Americans from doing business with them and seeking to freeze any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction
Missing name from the above: Our resident Treasury Secy, Timmy the Terrible. Jeez, I wonder if he’s worried that it could cut off his blow.
Exactly my first thought when I read the headline.
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