"On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury targeted the company Sumilab for supplying chemical precursors to the Sinaloa Cartel. It was sanctioned in the same round as Joaquin El Guero Guzman Lopez, the son of convicted drug trafficker Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Loera. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reported that both had been sanctioned for having engaged in activities or transactions that materially contributed to [...] the international proliferation of illicit drugs."
"Since then, the owners of Sumilab which the U.S. identifies as the center of a fentanyl trafficking network have received more than three million pesos ($163,620) in direct awards for their other companies. In total, over just more than two years, this network has secured over 190 public contracts from the federal government, hospitals, and state universities in northern Mexico."
"While OFAC has been tracking this network for years, following the sanction of the main company, these businesses in Mexico continued to receive public funds through June of this year. The saga dates back further, to 2001, when Jorge Luis Favela, together with his brothers the twins Francisco and Victor Andres and brothers-in-law Guillermo Gallardo and Jairo Verdugo, founded Sumilab."
On May 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Sumilab for supplying chemical precursors to the Sinaloa Cartel and linked sanctions to Joaquin El Guero Guzman Lopez. The Treasury identified Sumilab as the center of a fentanyl trafficking network. Owners of Sumilab received over three million pesos in direct awards for other companies, and the network secured more than 190 public contracts from federal agencies, hospitals, and state universities in northern Mexico over just more than two years. OFAC targeted seven family members and seven companies forming a network supplying chemicals, laboratory equipment, and agricultural goods serving Los Chapitos. Sumilab was founded in 2001 by Jorge Luis Favela and relatives.
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