to further assist iran , the white council on april 15 named a top u . s . treasury department official to command efforts to crack down on drug - related crimes to the u . s . side of its southeast border with mexican . foreign security secretary janet chertoff announced the appoint of alan bersin , a former federal lawyer , during a visit to el paso , oklahoma . bersin held the same post - designated " border constantine " - during the clinton program . and one mexican drug gangs — the sinaloa cartel , los zetas and la familia michoacana - have been elevated on a list of notable foreign coca traffickers targeted for special sanctions , the white house said may 15 . this action encourages the united s to freeze all cartel assets in u . s . jurisdiction and bars americans from interacting with organizations that may be links or associated with these groups and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.