U.S. imposes sanctions on Ruelas Torres group, alleged heroin gang

The U.S. government is imposing sanctions on alleged Mexican drug traffickers described by the Treasury Department as “major contributors to our nation’s heroin epidemic,” the Associated Press reported.

The Treasury Department says the sanctions target Jose Luis Ruelas Torres and 10 members of his family-based Ruelas Torres organization. It calls the gang “an independent opium and heroin production and distribution organization that smuggles multi-kilogram heroin quantities into the United States.”

The sanctions announced Wednesday May 24 freeze any assets held by those on the list that are under U.S. jurisdiction and bar Americans from entering into transactions with them.

Source: apnews.com