Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Ezequiel CARDENAS GUILLEN

Aliases

Antonio Ezequiel CARDENAS GUILLEN

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1962-03-05

Address

Calle Maples Y Abeto, Fraccionamiento Las Arboleras, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Calle Cerro de Tepeyac No. 33, Colonia Lucio Blanco, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Reg. ID

CAGE620305HTSRLZ08, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

In June 2009, the Department of Justice charged 19 of the drug cartels' top lieutenants, including Jorge Costilla Sanchez, Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, and Miguel Trevino Morales with drug trafficking-related crimes.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg220

Date of listing

2009-07-20

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