The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on two entities and three Mexican nationals it said are involved in a drug trafficking and oil smuggling network linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion gang.

In a major move, the U.S. government has taken action against a dangerous criminal network CJNG involved in both oil smuggling and drug trafficking. This group is linked to one of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels,

U.S. sanctions target CJNG’s fuel theft network, freezing assets and cracking down on crude oil smuggling from Mexico to the U.S.