Two federal grand jury indictments were unsealed in San Diego Monday.

Five alleged Sinaloa Cartel money launderers are facing charges of multiple drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego, to date, these money laundering investigations have resulted in charges against a total of 51 defendants and the seizure of more than $4.1 million and approximately 1,300 kilograms of methamphetamine, 34 kilograms of heroin, 11 kilograms of cocaine and 14 kilograms of fentanyl. Three of the defendants, Salvador Diaz Rodriguez, 39, Christian Noe Amador Valenzuela, 36, and Christopher Ortega-Lomeli, 38, all from Mexicali, and Alberto David Benguiat Jimenez, 43, of Mexico City, along with Enrique Dann Esparragoza Rosas, 39, of Culiacan were previously charged and were also targeted with sanctions imposed by the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The defendants were identified as members of a money laundering network supporting the Sinaloa Cartel. The investigation was handled by the U.S. Drug Enforcment Administration's Imperial County and Mexico City Offices, the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations Calexico office, San Diego - Imperial County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and the Department of Treasury.