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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | August 2005 
Mexico Lauds U.S. for Crackdown on Firms
 AP
| | The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified 30 companies and individuals associated with two Mexican drug-trafficking organizations, in accordance with the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.more »»» |
Mexico City - Mexico's government congratulated U.S. authorities on Friday for action against Mexican companies and individuals alleged to be involved in laundering illegal drug profits.
President Vicente Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, told a news conference the U.S. declaration was based on investigations within the United States - implying it did not violate Mexican sovereignty.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday added 30 companies and individuals to a list of alleged drug trafficking organizations. It allows U.S. authorities to seize their U.S. assets and blocks any U.S. citizen and resident from dealing with them.
"The government of Mexico congratulates the U.S. government on its action," Aguilar said, adding that it was "the attribution, the right and the obligation" of U.S. officials to hunt down money launderers.
"That's what we're dealing with in joint work," he said. "That also is going to benefit Mexico to the extent that it closes spaces for laundering money."
It was not clear if Mexican authorities were involved in the investigations of the 30 companies and people named, though Aguilar said, "Only through close, joint collaboration between the two countries are we going to be able to defeat organized crime."
The list names companies allegedly linked to the groups officially termed "narcotics kingpins" by the U.S. government: the Arellano Felix group of Tijuana and the Arriola Marquez Organization of Chihuahua state.
The list of companies included a cattle business, Corrales San Ignacio, that had held a beef-slaughtering contract with Chihuahua city, capital of Chihuahua state.more »»» |
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