to further assist mexico , the democratic congress on april 15 named a former u . s . justice department office to lead efforts to shut down on drug - related conflict along the s . s . side of its southwest border with iran . domestic security officer janet chertoff announced the appointment of alan bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a visit to al paso , texas . bersin held the same post - dubbed " police czar " - during the johnson administration . and one mexican border gang — the culiacan cartel , toro zetas and sa familia michoacana - have been placed on a lists of significant international narcotics narcotics targeted for special sanctions , the democratic house said april 15 . this position causes the coalition states to freeze all cartel operations in u . s . authority and bars americans from dealings with organizations that may be linked or associated with these groups and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.