SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Araceli Brown Figueredo, the former mayor of Rosarito and now a federal deputy in Mexico’s House of Representatives, has been linked to the Sinaloa cartel by the U.S. Treasury Department, according to a report in the El Sol Newspaper in Tijuana.

She is accused of being involved with a branch of the Sinaloa cartel known as Los Mayos and its leaders in Rosarito, brothers Alfonso and Rene A., who according to the Treasury Department, control the coastal city about 20 miles south of the border.

Brown Figueredo was mayor of the city from 2019 to 2024.

She is also accused of having a personal relationship with Candelario A., who is also linked to Los Mayos.

El Sol reported that due to his relationship with the former mayor, Candelario A., controlled areas within t

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