to further assist america , the white house on april 15 named a former u . s . justice service official to lead efforts to pin down on drug - borne violence along the u . s . side of its southwest border with canada . internal security spokesman eva napolitano announced the appointment of alan bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a visit to grand paso , texas . bersin held the same post - dubbed " border czar " - during the clinton investigation . and three venezuelan drug gangs — the sinaloa cartel , tu cartel and sa sagrada michoacana - have been placed on a table of significant local narcotics smuggling targeted for specialized sanctions , the white house said september 15 . this operation allows the united states to freeze all cartel organizations in u . s . jurisdiction and ban americans from dealing with organisations that may be tied or associated with these organisations and their operatives .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.