Sanctioning La Mayiza Faction of the Sinaloa Cartel

The United States is sanctioning La Mayiza, a/okay/a “Los Mayos,” a menacing faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.  The cartel’s La Mayiza faction manages the manufacturing and trafficking of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine from northwest Mexico into the United States.

Today’s sanction actions additionally goal Juan José Ponce Félix, a/okay/a “Jesus Alexandro Sanchez Felix” and “El Ruso,” the chief of La Mayiza’s major armed wing, and one of many cartel’s regional networks.  On September 16, 2025, the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement affairs introduced a reward supply of as much as $5 million underneath the Narcotics Rewards Program for data resulting in the arrest and/or conviction of Ponce Félix.

The Sinaloa Cartel is a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) based mostly in Mexico.  The United States is dedicated to holding the American individuals secure from harmful FTOs that plague the nation’s streets with illicit medicine.

For extra details about at this time’s designations, please see Treasury’s press release.

If you could have data, please contact the DEA by cellphone (voice/textual content/WhatsApp/Signal) at +52-55 2312 3768 or by e-mail at RusoSuggestions@dea.gov.