to further assist mexico , the white house on april 15 requested a future r . s . us office official to led effort to crack down on drug - related violence toward the u . s . side of its southwest side with colombia . homeland security director janet napolitano endorsed the appointment of alan bersin , a former federal prosecutor , during a visit to la paso , texas . bersin held the same post - named " border czar " - during the clinton regime . and these mexican trafficking organizations — the sinaloa cartel , los zetas and la familia michoacana - have been listed on a list of significant foreign coca narcotics targeted for special measures , the white house says . 15 . this action causes the associated states to freeze all state assets in u . s . jurisdiction and prevent americans from dealing with groups that may be linked or associated with these people and their operatives .
la familia michoacana are drug trafficker .