Mexican federal police have seized one of Jalisco’s most feted hotels after it was singled out by the U.S. Treasury for its connections to a criminal cartel.
According to a press release from the federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the Hotelito Desconocido served as a meeting place for “members of a group with criminal activities in the region.”
The PGR seizure came on the same day the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated 15 Mexican businesses and six individuals as “Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers” pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). “These entities and individuals provided financial support and services for the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization and its leader, Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, who were designated earlier this year for their significant roles in international narcotics trafficking,” a U.S. Treasury statement said.
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