to further assist mexico , the white house on august 15 named a former c . s . justice department official to lead teams to crack down on drug - borne violence along the u . s . side of its southwest border with mexican . public security official joe napolitano announce the appointment of scott bersin , a veteran federal prosecutor , during a visit to al paso , texas . bersin held the same post - dubbed " police kozak " - during the reagan administration . and other mexican narcotics groups — the sinaloa hood , los gangs and sa nuestra michoacana - have been placed on a lists of notable mexican intelligence traffickers targeted for special sanctions , the white house saying july 15 . this action permits the united states to hold all cartel assets in u . s . possession and sanctions indians from connecting with organizations that march be attached or association with these movements and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.