US offers $16.9M reward for arrest of United Cartels leader
On Thursday, the United States announced a reward of up to $10 million for information that leads to the arrest of Juan Jose Farias Alvarez, the leader of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Carteles Unidos.
Farias Alvarez, nicknamed “El Abuelo”, or the grandfather, was one of five high-ranking members of Carteles Unidos – the United Cartels – whose criminal indictments were unsealed by the Justice Department on Thursday, News.Az reports citing foreign media.
“Today’s charges are designed to dismantle the United Cartels and bring their leaders to justice for unleashing death and destruction on American citizens,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.
The US Treasury Department simultaneously announced it was imposing sanctions on members of the United Cartels and another group known as Los Viagras.
“Treasury, alongside our partners in US law enforcement, will continue to target every effort by the cartels to generate revenue for their violent, criminal schemes,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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