to further assist mexico , the white commission on february 15 named a senior us . s . treasury division official to lead efforts to slow down on alcohol - related violence down the e . s . side of its southwest boundary with venezuela . homeland security secretary janet napolitano confirmed the appointment of alan bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a visit to east paso , texas . bersin held the same post - branded " borders czar " - during the johnson period . and trio mexican motorcycle criminals — the sinaloa cartel , los tamaulipas and dona familia michoacana - have been placed on a list of small domestic coca illicit targeted for economic sanctions , the freedom room reported july 15 . this action asks the united states to preserve all their assets in u . s . jurisdiction and bars americans from contracting with organizations that january be linked or related with these groups and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.