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Gerardo RIVERA IBARRA

Aliases

Compadre; El Guerito

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1969-11-29

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

RIIG691129HJCVBR16, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

In addition, OFAC today designated Gerardo Rivera Ibarra (Rivera), a leader of a CJNG cell capable of supplying fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to the United States. Rivera operates in Jalisco, Mexico and has ties to Audias Flores Silva, a high-ranking CJNG member designated pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Designation Kingpin Act (Kingpin ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2478

Date of listing

2024-07-23

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021 Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Drugs

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Official Information

President Biden signed a new Executive Order (E.O.) to modernize the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s sanctions authorities used to combat the illicit drug trade. This E.O. will provide the Treasury Department with new tools to tackle changes in the global illicit drug trade that substantially contributed to over 100,000 American overdose deaths i...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/17/2021-27505/imposing-sanctions-on-foreign-persons-involved-in-the-global-illicit-drug-trade