(NewsNation) — The U.S. government has sanctioned Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s children and “Los Chapitos,” an alleged “powerful faction” of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the network is known to run kidnapping, drug-trafficking and money-laundering businesses. Two of El Chapo’s sons — Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar — were identified as Los Chapitos’ leaders.
Guzman’s other sons — Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez — are currently incarcerated in the United States.
Nicholas Quets’ family has ‘whole US government’ behind them: Dad
“Los Chapitos” has been linked to the killing of U.S. Marine Nicholas Quets, 31, in October 2024. He was allegedly shot in the back by cartel members when he encountered a Sinaloa checkpoint while traveling to Rocky Point, Mexico.
His father, Doug Quets, said on NewsNation’s “Morning in America” that the Trump administration’s actions are helping the family heal.
“We know we have the whole U.S. government resolved behind us, trying to solve the problem,” Quets said.
Quets said Trump and other high-ranking officials have been “consistently engaged” with his family as they deal with a “tremendous degree of grief.”
“It’s rewarding to know that we have that going on, but on a personal basis, it’s horrible,” he said.
“The thing we can take out of it is that our son is now being remembered in circles, and has not been forgotten or left behind by his government,” Quets said, calling the situation “dramatically” different from when the news broke before the election.
Last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem honored Nicholas Quets as the Treasury Department announced additional sanctions on the cartel.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.