US and Mexican authorities announced coordinated sanctions against 55 people and companies allegedly connected to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel on July 24, 2026. The package covered 39 individuals and 16 businesses, targeting what officials described as financial and commercial networks supporting one of Mexico’s largest criminal organisations.
Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit placed the named parties on its Blocked Persons List and filed a money-laundering complaint with the Attorney General’s Office. The US Treasury froze property and assets under American jurisdiction belonging to the designated parties. The measures are financial and administrative actions; the allegations described by authorities remain subject to any resulting criminal proceedings.
Juan Carlos Valencia González, also identified as Juan Carlos González, was among those sanctioned. He is the stepson of the cartel’s late leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho. Authorities described the broader network as associated with Audias Flores Silva, alias El Jardinero, Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytán, known as El Sapo, and Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez, called El Tarjetas.
Flores Silva was arrested in April, but US officials said his network continued laundering cartel proceeds across Jalisco, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero and Zacatecas. They alleged that relatives, regional bosses and logistical and financial associates helped sustain operations. César Alejandro Villaseñor Olivares, alias El Güero Contra, was accused of concealing Flores Silva’s interests in assets obtained with illegal proceeds, even though Villaseñor had also been arrested in April.
The designated businesses spanned ordinary sectors that authorities said were used to move or conceal money. They included gas-station operator Petrocoda, liquor retailer El Almacén Licorería, clothing wholesaler Stella Servicios Comerciales y Empresariales, tequila producer Casa Tequilera El Origen del Tequila, construction and agricultural companies, and a furniture manufacturer. Family members and associates were identified as managers or owners.
Another alleged regional operator, José Octaviano García Martínez, was described by the Treasury as overseeing drug production in Jalisco and Zacatecas with Cuauhtémoc Rivera Zepeda and Uriel Hernández Morales. Authorities accused that group of making fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine and moving drugs to US cities.
The package also named businesses allegedly connected to Gerardo Botello Rodríguez, alias El Cachas, including agriculture, private security, footwear and tequila ventures. Officials said he continued directing companies with relatives despite periods in prison.
The action aimed to disrupt the cartel’s ability to preserve criminal revenue through a distributed corporate structure. Freezing assets and blocking accounts does not by itself dismantle those businesses, but the simultaneous measures in both countries narrowed the network’s access to formal finance and created a basis for further Mexican investigation.
