财政部制裁危地马拉两大贩毒组织：被指为锡那罗亚与哈利斯科贩毒集团运毒
美国财政部海外资产控制办公室（OFAC）11月13日制裁危地马拉两大贩毒组织 Los Mendoza 与 Los Huistas，指其为墨西哥最大的两个贩毒集团锡那罗亚贩毒集团与哈利斯科新一代贩毒集团（CJNG）提供支持。两个墨西哥集团去年已被特朗普政府认定为外国恐怖组织与全球恐怖分子特别认定对象。
财政部说，这两个危地马拉组织控制着危地马拉与洪都拉斯、墨西哥边境沿线的战略贩毒走廊，负责毒品的接收、仓储、保护与跨境运输，是锡那罗亚集团与 CJNG 不可或缺的后勤伙伴。两集团通过与中美洲、南美洲的长期联盟，协助把芬太尼、可卡因、冰毒等毒品运往墨西哥，再分销到美国及其他国际市场。
财政部长 Scott Bessent 表示，这次行动揭露了在政治上有影响力的危地马拉犯罪组织与墨西哥外国恐怖组织之间的联系，财政部将继续打击让暴力组织把毒品运过美国边境的犯罪网络。
Los Mendoza 创立于1980年代，是危地马拉历史最久、势力最大的犯罪组织之一，以家族形式运作，为锡那罗亚集团提供边境口岸、秘密简易机场、仓储设施与地方保护网络，还涉及买凶杀人与洗钱。Los Huistas 自1990年代起活跃，是可卡因从南美经墨西哥运往美国供应链上的关键一环，2022年3月18日已被 OFAC 依据第14059号行政令认定。
本次制裁依据第14059号行政令与经修订的第13224号行政令作出。国务院同一天另行把 Los Lorenzanas 认定为外国恐怖组织与全球恐怖分子特别认定对象。制裁生效后，被认定对象在美国境内或由美国人控制的全部财产与财产权益将被冻结并须向 OFAC 报告，美国人一般不得与其进行交易。（来源：美国财政部）
Treasury Sanctions Two Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Organizations Backing the Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on November 13 sanctioned two Guatemalan drug trafficking organizations, the Los Mendoza DTO and the Los Huistas DTO, for supporting Mexico's largest narco-terrorist groups, the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), both of which the Trump Administration designated last year as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
Based in Guatemala, the two organizations control strategic trafficking corridors along the borders with Honduras and Mexico, facilitating the receipt, storage, protection, and cross-border movement of narcotics destined for the United States and other international markets, the Treasury said, making them indispensable logistics partners for the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG in moving fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other illicit drugs through the region.
"Today's action exposes the ties between politically influential Guatemalan criminal organizations and Mexican foreign terrorist organizations that facilitate the flow of deadly narcotics into the United States," said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. "The Treasury Department will continue to target the criminal networks that enable violent organizations like the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG to traffic drugs across our borders."
Founded in the 1980s, the Los Mendoza DTO is one of Guatemala's oldest and most powerful criminal organizations. The family-based organization supports the Sinaloa Cartel's trafficking network by facilitating access to border crossings, clandestine airstrips, storage facilities, and local protection networks, and is also involved in contract killings and money laundering. Active since the 1990s, the Los Huistas DTO is a critical link in the cocaine trafficking supply chain from South America through Mexico into the United States; OFAC had already designated it on March 18, 2022, pursuant to Executive Order 14059.
The action was taken pursuant to Executive Order 14059 and Executive Order 13224, as amended. In a concurrent action, the Department of State designated Los Lorenzanas as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. As a result of the sanctions, all property and interests in property of the designated organizations that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from transactions involving them. (Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury)
来源：美国财政部
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