to further assist mexico , the white house on december 15 designated a future c . s . justice department commissioner to lead forces to crack down on drug - focused aggression from the n . s . side of its southwest border with mexico . homeland security secretary janet giorgio announced the appointment of richard bersin , a former mexican official , during a visit to el paso , texas . bersin held the same pre - branded " drug tsar " - during the clinton administration . and three mexican drug gangs — the sinaloa sultanate , los zetas and el linea michoacana - have been placed on a squad of significant foreign narcotics traffickers targeted for special sanctions , the republican chamber order april 15 . this action allow the united front to freeze all cartel entities in u . s . jurisdiction and deter americans from deals with institutions that may be linked or associated with these bands and their activities .
La Familia Michoacana are drug traffickers.