Federal authorities have said on Tuesday that they have accused the top two leaders of the Mexican Cartel Addiction and offered up to $ 8 million for the information leading to their capture and conviction.
Johnny Hurtada Olaskaag and Jose Alfred Hurtada Olaskaag are accused of participating in the production of cocaine, heroin, methhetamine and fentanyl, as well as the import and distribution of drugs in the US, the authorities said during a press conference in Atlanta. The recently unfinished charge in the three lyceum conditions was returned to a large jury in September.
Two brothers – leaders A new Mihakan familyThe Mexican cartel, which in February was officially appointed by the US government as a “foreign terrorist organization”, the authorities said.
“If you have contributed to the death of Americans, the distribution of poison to our communities, we will work tirelessly to find you and draw you up to justice,” said the Prosecutor General Bondi in A, statement.
The State Department offers up to $ 5 million for the information leading to the arrest and/or condemnation Johnny Hurtad Olaskaagi and up to $ 3 million for information about Jose Alfred Hurtad Olaskaag, also called “strawberries”. Both men are believed to be in Mexico, officials said.
Separately the US Treasury announced new sanctions On Wednesday, against two men and two other alleged Cartel leaders appointing as a “foreign terrorist organization”.
In addition to drug trafficking, the Familia Michoacana cartel is also involved in extortion, abduction and murder, the US prosecutor's office reports.
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Last year, the Mexican Human Rights Organization reported that a community in Southern Guerrera was attacked by drones and militants allegedly from the La Familia Michoacana drug. At least Six people died And another 13 people were injured, the state prosecutor's office said.
In 2023 the cartel is suspected of exiting the scratched human foot Found hanging from a pedestrian bridge west of Mexico. Officials said the trunk of the body remained on the street below, near the city center, as well as the manuscript signs signed by the Familia Michoacana cartel.
The cartel “used drones to drop bombs on their rivals, with a complete ignorant for Mexico civilian population.” “They also terrorize local communities through abductions, killings and extortion.”
In 2022 a man who identifies himself as one of the Cartel leaders Posted a video in social media claiming the attack that Died 20 people was actually aimed at him.