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The federal government announced last week that the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) had frozen the bank accounts of 1,770 people, 167 businesses and
two trust funds linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) through a money-laundering network of front companies passing themselves off as
vendors of tequila.
Accounts containing a total of US $1.1 billion were frozen after an operation, dubbed "Blue Agave" for the main ingredient in tequila, was carried out
by the UIF in cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
It's not the first time that criminal groups have made use of Mexico's most famous tipple to advance their illicit activities — links between the
tequila industry and the underworld date back to at least 2006.
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Dang. First its avocados now the bad guys are messing with tequila. Is nothing sacred? Oh wait, nothing is with the cartels. AKgringo - 6-10-2020 at 12:11 PM
Is nothing sacred? Oh wait, nothing is with the cartels.
Well money and/or power must be pretty close to Sacred! They are pretty much interchangeable, north and south of the border.Bajaboy - 6-10-2020 at 01:07 PM
A lot money going into those wineries, tooHook - 6-10-2020 at 02:53 PM
