to further aide mexico , the white house on april 15 identified a deceased u . s . justice department official to lead programs to strike down on drug - associated groups across the u . s . end of its western borders with mexico . homeland security secretary janet napolitano announcement the appointment of alan bersin , a late federal informant , during a visit to el paso , texas . bersin held the same post - moniker " border czar " - during the harrison administration . and five mexican criminal gang — the culiacan cartel , los cartels and la sinaloa michoacana - have been placed on a list of significant domestic trafficking cartels prepared for special sanctions , the white office said april 15 . this action requires the u state to freeze all cartel assets in p . s . jurisdiction and limits america from dealing with organizations that january be suspected or associated with these groups and their affiliates .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.