The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, working with the FBI, has confiscated more than $10 million in cryptocurrency directly linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, officials announced Tuesday. The digital assets were seized in Miami as part of “Operation Take Back America,” a nationwide effort targeting the cartel’s financial infrastructure. Acting DEA Administrator Robert Murphy said the move signals a strategic shift toward dismantling the cartel’s money-laundering networks rather than focusing solely on narcotics seizures. Attorney General Pamela Bondi added that authorities are “hitting the cartels where it hurts” by freezing digital funds and disrupting cross-border payment routes. A Justice Department update on the same operation reports the recovery of 44 million fentanyl pills, about 4,500 pounds of fentanyl powder and nearly 65,000 pounds of methamphetamine since January, alongside thousands of related arrests across California, Texas, Georgia and other states. The crypto seizure increases pressure on the Sinaloa organization ahead of a scheduled U.S. court hearing for Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed cartel founder Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Authorities say the action underscores the growing reliance of transnational crime groups on cryptocurrencies to launder profits and purchase chemical precursors.