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| Mexico Demands Proof After U.S. Treasury Sanctions Cartel Businesses Funding Mexican Political Campaigns |
| 2026-07-03 |
| [Breitbart] Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum demanded that the U.S. government show proof after the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned multiple cartel businesses that allegedly funded political campaigns in Mexico. During one of her morning news conferences this week, Sheinbaum lashed out at the U.S. Department of the Treasury for jumping the gun, claiming that Mexico’s Financial Crimes Unit (UIF) was already investigating those businesses. "Top Men. Top. Men" Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury announced that it had sanctioned two Mexican nationals and nine of their businesses in Mexico that had been linked to the smuggling and laundering of stolen fuel on behalf of Cartel Jalisco New Generation. As part of the crackdown, the U.S. Treasury’s financial crimes group FINCEN also issued an alert about the methodology and the red flags over the smuggling and laundering of stolen fuel — a practice that has become one of the largest money makers for drug cartels outside of drug trafficking. The issue that triggered Sheinbaum was a paragraph in the U.S. Treasury statement that read, “In Mexico, the cartels use their illicit profits from the black market fuel sales to make cash payments to Mexican political campaigns and media outlets to help elect corrupt Mexican politicians willing to assist the cartels control key administrative positions in the government, which facilitates fuel smuggling operations and access to state contracts to launder the illicit profits from these schemes and other criminal activities.” According to Sheinbaum, she was blindsided by the claim that cartels were funding political campaigns. “We were never informed of that,” she said, referring to the fact that the U.S. Treasury’s FINCEN had worked in the case with her UIF. “Besides, what proof do they have? Because it’s the same, I mean, they claim something is happening without having any proof.” Related: Claudia Sheinbaum 06/19/2026 Trump at G7: ‘Cartels Control Mexico' Claudia Sheinbaum 05/18/2026 Pressure Mounts for Mexican President as Third Government Official Surrenders to U.S. on Drug Charges Claudia Sheinbaum 05/12/2026 'They even executed a child.' The governor worked with a drug cartel for years Related: Mexico: 2026-07-02 The CIA vs. Drug Enforcers: Where Zombie Drug Addicts Came From in the US Mexico: 2026-07-01 Good Morning Mexico: 2026-07-01 Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Mexico's Baja California peninsula along Pacific Ring of Fire Related: U.S. Department of the Treasury: 2026-06-23 Treasury Targets ISIS Facilitators and Disrupts Terrorist Financial Networks June 22, 2026 U.S. Department of the Treasury: 2026-04-28 Trump SBA Refers $22 Billion in Suspected Biden‑Era COVID Loan Fraud to Treasury for Collection U.S. Department of the Treasury: 2026-04-15 U.S. Treasury Identifies Two Cartel-Connected Casinos in Mexican Border State |
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