Mexico football captain Rafael Marquez Alvarez is among 22 people sanctioned for alleged ties to a drug trafficking organisation, the US Treasury Department says.
The sanctions are the result of a multi-year investigation of a drug trafficking organisation allegedly headed by Raul Flores Hernandez, the department said in a statement on Wednesday .
It will also sanction 43 entities in Mexico, including a football team and casino. It is the single largest such designation of a drug trafficking organisation ever by the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the statement said.
Marquez, 38, is a former defender for Barcelona, Monaco and New York Red Bulls who currently plays for the Mexican club Atlas in Guadalajara and is captain of the national team. He did not practice with Atlas on Wednesday.
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