Mexican Leader of Cartel-Connected Human Smuggling Group Blacklisted by U.S. Treasury

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Mexican Leader of Cartel-Connected Human Smuggling Group Blacklisted by U.S. Treasury


The U.S. Treasury Department placed the leader of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization in its blacklist — a move that looks to freeze all of their assets and forbids any U.S. citizen from doing business with them.

According to the U.S. Department of Treasury, Jumilca Sandivel Hernandez Perez was the leader in Mexico of a human smuggling operation that moved migrants from Guatemala through Mexico and into the United States. The U.S. government named the group the Lopez Human Smuggling Organization. The group began operations in 2017 and moved thousands of migrants into the United States. The available information points to the group making between $104 million and $416 million between 2020 and 2023. The group would charge migrants between $13,000 to $16,000 to move migrants illegally across the border.

In July 2024, the Treasury Department placed its founding leader Ronaldo Galindo Lopez Escobar, and his family on its blacklist. The move this week targeted the group’s Mexico-based leader.

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