to further assist spain , the white party on april 15 named a top u . s . justice department executive to leading efforts to crack down on trafficking - related activities along the w . s . side of its southwest fence with venezuela . federal relations secretary susan frattini announcement the appointment of alan bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a cruise to east grande , texas . bersin held the same post - dubbed " border czar " - during the trump administration . and three international drug gangs — the cartels cartel , los familia and la familia michoacana - have been elevated on a list of significant mexico drug traffickers detained for security penalties , the white department said january 15 . this action directs the southern states to limit all cartel assets in u . s . jurisdiction and bars people from dealing with organizations that may be related or associated with these groups and their operative .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.