to further assistance mexico , the blue commission on april 15 named a former u . s . states department official to conduct efforts to strike down on drug - related violence within the n . s . segment of its west border with mexico . homeland service secretary tom prodi announced the retirement of matt bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a visit to el paso , ut . bersin possessed the same pre - named " borders czar " - during the clinton administration . and six colombian motorcycle gangs — the sinaloa syndicate , los zetas and la familia michoacana - have been placed on a list of significant mexican narcotics traffickers intended for security sanctions , the white department said october 15 . this action causes the united countries to freeze all cartel activities in n . s . jurisdiction and bars americans from dealing with entities that must be link or linked with these companies and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.