The US is offering $8 million in compensation for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of two brothers accused of “addicting Americans” of fentanyl and other illegal drugs being trafficked across borders.
Johnny Hartado Olascoaga and Jose Alfredo Hartado Olascoaga were accused of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) co-leaders of the state of Georgia on Tuesday for conspiracy to penetrate normally among methamphetamines, including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, pectamine, cocaine, and other methamphetamine, according to the Department of Justice. Both fugitives are believed to be in Mexico.
“President Trump has pledged to crack down on the fatal drug flow to our country,” F. Cartwright Wyland, director of the State Department’s International Drug Law Enforcement Office, said in a statement.
“In cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Homeland Security Investigation, the State Department is offering its promise by providing a total of up to $8 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Hurtado Brothers,” he added.
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According to the State Department, Johnny Hartado Olascoaga and Jose Alfredo Hartado Olascoaga are co-leaders of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) cartel. (State Department)
According to the State Department, the DEA estimates that the LNFM is responsible for the transport, import and distribution of more than 36 metric tons of methamphetamine, 12 metric tons of heroin in Mexico and 12 metric tons of cocaine from Mexico to the United States.
The cartel was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department on February 20th.
“LNFM is a drug trafficking organisation based primarily in the Mexico state of Guerrero and Michoacan, which traffics fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine to the United States, and says it has laundered revenues from these illegal drugs through the US financial system.
“In addition to addiction to Americans, the group is engaged in acts of fear and violence within Mexico. For example, LNFM uses drones to ignorate Mexican civilians and drop bombs on their rivals. They terrorize the community through lures, killings and extensions.”
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Images of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, fentanyl, fentanyl and Johnny Hartado Olascoe, who are accused of participating in a plot to produce the plot, will be on display at a press conference on Tuesday as they manufacture a plot to import and distribute drugs in the United States. (AP/Brynn Anderson)
A reward of up to $5 million has been provided by the State Department for the capture of Johnny Hartado Olascoaga, while a figure of $3 million has been provided for the detention of Jose Alfredo Hartado Olascoaga.
According to the Justice Department, the indictment against the brothers was returned in September 2024 and recently sealed.
“And more… The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) has announced new sanctions against Johnny and Jose Alfredo Hartado Olaskoga and their brothers.
A $8 million reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Johnny Hartado Olascoga and Jose Alfredo Hartado Olascoga (AP/Brynn Anderson)
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“The senior leadership of this cruel Mexican cartel and subsequent ofAC sanctions make one thing clear: we come after these criminal networks and use every weapon in our arsenal,” said a special agent of Stephen N. Schrank, a Georgia and Alabama Homeland Security Investigation.
