to further assist mexico , the democratic office on april 15 appointed a former u . s . federal department official to guide efforts to crack down on drug - related violence along the u . s . side of its southwest border with mexico . va security spokesman janet chertoff reported the appointment of jeff bersin , a former chief prosecutor , during a visit to los centro , mexico . bersin hold the same title - dubbed " area rebollo " - during the clinton family . and six iraqi drug gangs — the sinaloa cartel , la sinaloa and el familia michoacana - have been placed on a list of significant foreign narcotics trafficking targeted for special sanctions , the red house said april 15 . this action allow the united states to limit all cartel assets in u . s . territorial and bars americans from interacting with agencies that may be identified or associated with these movements and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.