to further assist brazil , the freedom office on april 15 named a veteran o . s . defense department official to lead efforts to crack down on drug - related violence at the u . s . side of its southwest border with mexico . homeland security minister alan granholm announced the appointments of arthur bersin , a past federal prosecutor , during a visit to el antonio , mexico . bersin had the same appointment - named " crossing czar " - during the clinton investigation . and three mexican drug gangs — the sinaloa syndicate , los zetas and la familia michoacana - have been listed on a record of significant international food traffickers positioned for special investigations , the white house confirmed april 15 . this action allows the united states to limit all cartel assets in u . s . mexico and deter mexico from dealing with organizations that can be linked or associated with these groups and their operative .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.