This is how the González Penuelas family displaced Los Chapitos in fentanyl trafficking in the United States.

the family GONZALEZ PENULAS US authorities have identified the trafficking of various drugs into the American Union, including fentanyl, as “fueling the epidemic” of synthetic opioids in that country.

On 17 January, the United States Department of State The leader of the “Independent Organization for the Distribution and Production of Methamphetamine, Marijuana, Heroin and Cocaine,” reiterated the offer of a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, alias Chuy Gonzalez.

According to North American authorities, Chuy Gonzalez He has been the head of this cartel since 2007, an organization where his relatives also operate.

Although this criminal structure has been considered a major distributor of heroin in the western United States for more than a decade, when overdose deaths from the drug spiked in Colorado, North American authorities turned their attention to the family. GONZALEZ PENULAS fentanyl trafficking, making them direct competitors to the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman No The Sinaloa Cartelwho were identified as major traffickers of synthetic opioids in the American Union.

On May 12, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reported that the Gonzalez Penulas family was in charge of transporting and selling a drug known as M-30, which are basically fentanyl pills that contain 30 mg. Versions are passed as colored oxycodone pills, although they may look like hydrocodone, alprazolam, adderall in others.

These types of pills are usually blue in color and have the letter “M” engraved on one side, while the number “30” on the other, all with the intention that the substance will not go unnoticed by the authorities, although it does not. This is the only representation as they have also identified themselves with names like K9, 215 and v48

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This mode of transport of fentanyl may be one of the main differences in its transference Los Chapitoswho announced last year with Narcomantics that they were exiting the synthetic opioid business under pressure and siege from the US government.

The González Peñuelas family operates mainly in northern Sinaloa, where other rival groups operate. Los ChapitosAs Isidro Meza Flores, aka El Chapo Isidro, the current leader of Los Beltrán Leyva which has its base of operations in Guaceve, Sinaloa; as well RAFAEL CARO QUINTEROFormer leader and founder The Caborca ​​Cartel which operates in Sonora.

This OFAC He also found Chuy Gonzalez’s partners, such as his brothers Ignacio and Wilfrido Gonzalez Peñuelas, who would be second in command of the organization.

“Ignacio Gonzalez serves as the organization’s top lieutenant, overseeing the security of narcotics shipments. In 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado charged him with multiple drug trafficking offenses,” the Treasury Department statement details.

Meanwhile, Wilfrido is involved in heroin and opium trafficking in Sonora and Sinaloa.

North American authorities identified five other people linked to the González Peñuelas organization, as well as a company in Guaseve, Sinaloa, to be managed by one of them. This is City Plaza Construction Company, a variable capital corporation controlled by Efrain Mandívil Figueroa.