The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it sanctioned two Mexican businesses – an ice cream chain and a local pharmacy – for allegedly using proceeds of fentanyl trafficking to finance their operations tied to the Sinaloa cartel.The move comes as rival cartel factions have been in a deadly conflict with each other and authorities following the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in late July, which is believed to have unleashed an…
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