The U.S. Treasury Department identified Jesús González Peñuelas, known as Chuy González, as the lead
· Guasave, Mexico
The U.S. Treasury Department identified Jesús González Peñuelas, known as Chuy González, as the leader of an organization involved in trafficking heroin, opium gum and counterfeit fentanyl pills in a report published in May 2021. The report named six associates: his brothers Wilfrido and Ignacio González Peñuelas, as well as Efraín Mendívil Figueroa, Raúl Payán Meraz, Juana Payán Meraz and Adelmo Núñez Molina. It also linked the organization to City Plaza, a construction company in Guasave, Sinaloa. Chuy González was killed in a confrontation with Mexican Navy personnel in Sinaloa. A $5 millio