translated from Spanish: 1,939 accounts allegedly linked to the Jalisco Cartel freeze

Federal authorities announced the blocking of 1,939 accounts of individuals and trusts allegedly linked to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel.
In a so-called “Agave Azul Operation,” the Finance Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) said it had carried out blocking actions against 1,770 individuals, 167 companies and two trusts.
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The operation consisted of analyzing 2,571 “unusual operations” for 2 thousand 951 million pesos, as well as a total of 38 thousand 459 reports of “relevant operations” for more than 11 billion 478 million pesos.
International transfers generated 8,424 reports, for 7,216 million pesos, were also analyzed. “In terms of cash dollars, 2,102 reports totaling US$2 million,955,000 were located; as well as 6,507 interbank transfers of 657 million pesos,” the UIF explained in a statement.
The operations detected by the estate were carried out in the states of Jalisco, Mexico City, Michoacán, State of Mexico, Baja California, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Querétaro and Colima.
The U.S. Treasury Department has outlined 33 companies linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and its partners the Cunis in just under five years.
An investigation by Political Animal found that 21 of the 33 companies (in 12 there is no public information) are linked to 62 people, while the Treasury has linked only six
According to the Intelligence Unit, the “Advanced Agave Azul” began after receiving intelligence reports from the security cabinet, about the main leaders, financial operators, family members, companies, lawyers, “as well as various public servants operating corruption networks that have favored the illicit activities of that organized crime group,” he explained.
The UIF also stated that the Drug Control Administration (DEA) was involved in coordinating the operation, “with which a large number of members of that criminal group, as well as its largest financial operators and companies used in money laundering, were placed.”
In its 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment, the DEA notes that CJNG is the youngest Mexican crime organization, but one of the most powerful and fastest growing, which also has a presence in 24 of Mexico’s 31 states.
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Original source in Spanish