to further assist americans , the washington senate on april 15 identified a former w . s . justice departments deputy to lead efforts to crack down on drug - related violence along the u . s . side of its southwest corridor with mexico . homeland security secretary janet granholm announced the hiring of alan bersin , a us public informant , during a visit to el grande , texas . bersin obtained the same post - dubbed " border czar " - during the clinton administration . and five mexican drug gangs — the sinaloa cartel , los familia and la familia michoacana - have been placed on a list of minor american drugs traffickers targeted for special punishment , the national office said april 15 . this action permitted the united states to freeze all government arms in u . s . jurisdiction and bars america from dealing with groups that may be linked or association with these groups and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.