US Treasury imposes financial sanctions against 2 Mexican drug cartel leaders [Video]

Two leaders of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel who were indicted in 2017 for conspiring to import and distribute heroin in the U.S. face financial sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury, as the fugitives are believed to be living in Mexico, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The DOJ said in a press release Thursday that 59-year-old Rodolfo Maldonado-Bustos, also known as Don Jose, and 51-year-old Euclides Camacho-Goicochea, also known as El Quilles, were both charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, and conspiracy to import heroin into the U.S., back in 2017.

Camacho-Goicochea was also charged with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.

The indictments were returned by a grand jury in 2017, though it was not until recently that they were unsealed.

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