US sanctions Mexican cartel CDN’s horse-racing, business network

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned four individuals and 11 entities linked to the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), targeting a diverse business network that allegedly supports the criminal group's operations. The sanctions, the largest against CDN's financial infrastructure, involve individuals such as Pablo Cesar Guajardo Alvarez, alias Takia, and Gamaliel Garza Garcia, a Nuevo Laredo businessman involved in horse racing.

The targeted entities include a quarter-horse racing stable, construction firms, fuel and gas businesses, and Club La Molienda, a horse racetrack in Tamaulipas. The sanctions aim to disrupt CDN's financial machinery and address the cartel's involvement in horse racing for money laundering purposes.

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