to further assist mexico , the white house on spring 15 listed a senior united . s . justice department employee to lead efforts to cracking down on drug - related violence of the u . s . side of its southwest border with mexico . interior security secretary janet napolitano announced the appointment of alan bersin , a former public prosecutor , during a visit to el carmen , texas . bersin held the same post - dubbed " border czar " - during the clinton administration . and three california border gangs — the sinaloa division , los zetas and la michoacan michoacana - have been placed on a list of significantly foreign terrorist illicit slated for special sanctions , the white house said october 15 . this activity directs the united states to retain all state funds in u . s . jurisdiction and bars americans from dealing with organizations that may be linked or associated with these individuals and their activities .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.