Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Jose de Jesus MENDEZ VARGAS
Aliases
Jesus MENDEZ VARGAS; Jesus MENDEZ; CHANGO; EL CHANGO; CHANGO MENDEZ; CHUY; CHUY MENDEZ; CHAMULA
Nationality
Mexico
DoB
1974-02-28; 1973-08-06; 1989-09-18
Address
Tazumbos, Jalisco, Mexico; Calle Dr. Lose Luis Mora Col Morelos, Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico; Calle Carlos Salazar Col Buenos Aires, Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico; Toluca, Mexico, Mexico; Calle Acatitla 122, Col. Ferrocarril, Apatzingan, Mexico; Potrero Grande de C de Paracuaro, Apatzingan, Mexico; c/o Club Abaro, Ave Vicente Villada, Mexico City...
Reg. ID
MEVJ890918HGRNRS09, C.U.R.P.
Official reason
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated seven key leaders of the international drug trafficking organization La Familia Michoacana (La Familia) as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs). Today's designation targets two principal leaders of La Familia, Nazario Moreno Gonzalez (El C...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg564
Date of listing
2010-02-25
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Drugs
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598 (FNKSR), implement the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908), which provides authority for the application of sanctions to significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations operating worldwide.
Additional Details
SDN
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