The 13 businesses are accused of working with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a group designated by the U.S. government as a foreign terrorist organization.

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud.

The US Treasury has sanctioned Mexican companies and individuals linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel for defrauding elderly Americans in a timeshare fraud scheme. The action blocks American dealings with these entities,

Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons,

Mexico sent more than two dozen suspected cartel members to the U.S. on Aug 12, amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump on Mexico to dismantle the country's powerful drug organisations. Authorities shipped 26 prisoners wanted in the U.

The transfers are a milestone for the Trump administration, which has made dismantling dangerous drug cartels a key Justice Department priority.