Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Alejandra Araujo Uriarte, a Mexican national, as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Araujo Uriarte was designated for her role in holding and concealing assets in her name on behalf of her son-in-law Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. “El Azul”), a leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel. “Araujo Uriarte has knowingly concealed the assets of an influential drug lord,” said Adam J. Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. “As the third action that we have taken against the family accomplices of Esparragoza Moreno, today’s designation builds on our unrelenting efforts to disrupt the Sinaloa Cartel and other narcotics organizations around the world.”
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
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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.