Treasury sanctions Mexicans tied to Sinaloa fentanyl labs

The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it’s sanctioning six Mexicans accused of fueling fentanyl super labs by diverting chemicals directly into the hands of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. The Office of Foreign Assets Control said two brothers, Ludim Zamudio Lerma and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma, used their companies to supply precursor chemicals to large-scale laboratories that can produce 10 or more pounds of fentanyl, methamphetamine or another illicit drug in each production cycle. U.S. officials have pointed to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel as the greatest...