The State Department has offered up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests or convictions of two fugitive brothers alleged to be the leaders in the Mexican Sinaloa cartel.
The agency said $5 million is being offered for each brother.
René and Alfonso Arzate-García have jointly controlled the Tijuana Plaza corridor for the Sinaloa Cartel for the past 15 years, according to the agency.
The brothers allegedly maintained authority through violence and deep local influence, including political and police corruption. They led cartel operations through the territory at the southern border and allegedly trafficked deadly illicit fentanyl into the United States.
In separate indictments filed in July 2024, the brothers were charged with drug trafficking offenses in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
They remain fugitives to this date.
Last year, the Trump Administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).
The U.S. military also successfully captured Venezuela's former leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife after months of building up military presence in international waters, targeting suspected narcotics vessels and killing drug traffickers.
The Trump administration has ramped up the campaign to disrupt transnational crime globally and bring fugitives to justice as part of Trump’s agenda.
Shortly after entering office for a second term, Trump signed an executive order aimed at ensuring the “total elimination” of cartels in the U.S. The executive order states that such international cartels constitute a national-security threat beyond those posed by traditional organized crime, specifically naming Tren de Aragua (TdA) and MS-13.