Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Raul PAYAN MERAZ

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1975-06-30

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

PAMR750630HSLYRL06, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

OFAC also designated several key associates of Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas today:  his brothers Ignacio and Wilfrido Gonzalez Penuelas, Efrain Mendivil Figueroa, Adelmo Nunez Molina, and Raul and Juana Payan Meraz. Raul Payan Meraz, a Mexican national, oversees poppy production for the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO.  Juana Payan Meraz, also a Mexican national,...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0172

Date of listing

2021-05-12

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

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/17/2021-10314/narcotics-trafficking-sanctions-regulations-and-foreign-narcotics-kingpin-sanctions-regulations