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The U.S. government is offering up to $26 million in rewards for various leaders of the Mexican terrorist criminal organization Carteles Unidos. Some of those cartel leaders falsely claim to be leaders of self-defense movements.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned three top Los Zetas leaders, as well as a recording artist who not only praised them in his songs but was also allegedly using the music business to launder funds for the criminal organization. One of the newly sanctioned leaders is a former Tamaulipas state police officer who secretly worked as a cartel boss while carrying a badge.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his personal ties to the American fentanyl crisis in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, vowing to “come for” Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) behind the tragic deaths.

President Donald Trump’s goal is “getting the economy to work for everybody,” Joe Lavorgna, counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said during a policy discussion with Breitbart News on Wednesday. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent highlighted Wednesday how the Trump administration wants “America to be able to build again,” noting  because of “a lot of the overreach in the environmental laws,” the United States had not been able to build.

The Chinese are “on their heels” because “the world is now with us,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a policy discussion with Breitbart News on Wednesday.

Breitbart News hosts U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for a policy event on Wednesday, July 30.

Joe Lavorgna, senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, told Breitbart News Daily that Bessent’s calm demeanor, credibility with financial markets, and ability to execute President Donald Trump’s economic policies have made the Treasury Department “the best working agency in government.”

Breitbart News is hosting a policy event with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, shortly after Republicans in Congress rallied to make President Donald Trump’s America First agenda a reality with the passage and subsequent signing of the “big, beautiful bill.”

The $27 billion surplus reported Friday by the Treasury Department stood in stark contrast to forecasts for a $50 billion deficit, representing one of the largest upside surprises in recent budget data.

The recent sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on two banks in Mexico and a brokerage firm sparked widespread controversy and speculations about the future of financial institutions in a country where even the White House has previously accused top Mexican government officials of having an intolerable relationship with drug cartels.

The Sinaloa Cartel used Mexico City’s camera system to track the whereabouts of FBI agents in Mexico as a way to find who they met with, a new report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed. The cartel also carried out other hacking efforts targeting potential informants who were intimidated or killed.

Mexico’s government is rushing to the aid of two Mexican-based banks and a brokerage firm that the U.S. Department of the Treasury accused of working with various cartels to launder money or helping them move money to China to pay for fentanyl precursors. Mexican officials questioned the validity of the Treasury Department’s sanctions, stating that the claims lack sufficient evidence to support the allegations.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned two Mexican banks and one brokerage firm over their alleged role in helping multiple cartels launder millions of dollars.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News that it is his “number one source” for news “every morning,” and the first thing he reads every day.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, June 12.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, June 11.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, June 11.

The U.S. government moved to freeze the assets and financially target one of the leading cartels responsible for the ongoing fentanyl crisis in America and the raging cartel violence throughout Mexico.

LONDON — American and Chinese delegations arrived at Lancaster House in London on Monday morning to begin a new round of trade negotiations, with rare-earth minerals and advanced technology at the center of the talks. The meeting follows a phone conversation last week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping that helped pave the way for the diplomatic thaw.

Those household hoards of pennies many consumers keep in jars, cups and other containers may one day become more useful after the U.S. Treasury stops producing the iconic coin next year.

The State Department on Thursday accused Sudan’s military of using chemical weapons during its long and brutal civil war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The junta that rules Sudan denied the allegations and accused Washington of siding with the RSF.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the targeting of two key leaders of the terrorist organization known as the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The move freezes all properties and assets of those two individuals and prohibits any U.S. company or individual from doing business with them.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced financial sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities allegedly involved in a drug trafficking and fuel theft network linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The sanctions have been coordinated through the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in conjunction with multiple federal law enforcement agencies. The intent is to disrupt the CJNG cartel’s ability to continue reaping profits from fentanyl trafficking and large-scale fuel smuggling activities.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has unleashed a massive “pressure campaign” on violent cartels in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, with Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent sharing his progress on President Donald Trump’s vision for a “stronger, safer, and more prosperous America” exclusively to Breitbart News.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday announced that the Department sanctioned Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh and his corporate network, stating that he and his network sought to evade American sanctions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday announced that the Trump administration placed sanctions on four individuals tied to La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel linked to fentanyl and human trafficking.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said that community bankers will play a pivotal role in revitalizing Main Street during President Donald Trump’s time in office.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the targeting of a cartel boss behind one of the largest fentanyl seizures in Mexican history.

Trafficking fentanyl into the United States Is a billion-dollar enterprise for the Mexican drug cartels, the Treasury Department reported.

Hackers have reportedly spied on 100 email addresses belonging to U.S. Bank regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for more than a year, gaining access to correspondence involving sensitive information regarding banks they oversee and agency deliberations, sources say.

The Treasury Department and DHS have reportedly finalized a deal that will help ICE agents more easily locate millions of illegal aliens.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tuesday will launch an effort to update its technology systems to create the “most efficient” service that also protects taxpayers’ data.

President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs have helped open trade negotiations between the United States and one of its key economic partners — Japan.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a partnership between federal law enforcement agencies and international financial institutions to block Iran’s access to the global financial system.

President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department is issuing sanctions on criminal operations and money launderers working for the Sinaloa Cartel.