US Treasury sanctions a Mexico-based leader of a transnational criminal organisation linked to the La Linea cartel, dismantling a multimillion-dollar migrant smuggling network

This move targets Jumilca Sandivel Hernandez Perez, a key figure in the Guatemala-based Lopez Human Smuggling Organisation, for smuggling thousands into the U.S. and working with the violent La Linea cartel. His operation is linked to the violent La Linea cartel, which amplifies the risks of his human trafficking activities by intertwining them with drug trafficking, extortion, and violent crimes along the border. This partnership elevates the threat…