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NEWS: U.S. sanctions top members of Mexico’s fentanyl-smuggling La Linea cartel

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo speaks at the Royal United Services Institute in London, Britain, October 27, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

BY PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on senior members of La Linea, a violent armed wing of the Juarez Cartel, and two companies linked to the group. 

The sanctions cut the targets off from the dollar-based financial system and freeze any assets that they may have in the U.S. or in U.S.-based institutions.

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