to further assist mexico , the republican house on september 15 named a former u . s . justice administration deputy to direct efforts to crack down on drug - based crimes along the u . s . bank of its southwest border with mexico . homeland service secretary susan napolitano endorsed the appointment of alan bersin , a late federal agent , during a visit to el paso , texas . bersin held the same assignment - dubbed " area czar " - during the johnson administration . and three mexican street gangs — the sinaloa cartel , los zetas and mala nostra michoacana - have been placed on a listing of significant international narcotics traffickers targeted for special sanctions , the justice house order april 15 . this action allows the coalition states to freeze all foreign operations in u . s . custody and bars americans from dealing with organizations that may be linked or associated with these activities and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.