Cazares financial network

In 2007, Pres­id­ent George W. Bush de­clared Vic­tor Emilio Caz­ares a “drug king­pin” un­der the For­eign Nar­cot­ics King­pin Des­ig­na­tion Act. His sis­ter Blanca Caz­ares, who al­legedly headed the car­tel’s money-laun­der­ing op­er­a­tion, was also tar­geted for fin­an­cial sanc­tions.