Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Juan Ignacio ESPARRAGOZA GASTELUM
DoB
1972-11-12
Address
Avenida de la Patria No. 685 Interior 1, Fraccionamiento Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico; Calle Gutierrez Zamora No. 223, Fraccionamiento Las Aguilas, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, Mexico City, C.P. 01020, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Reg. ID
EAGJ721112CI2, R.F.C.
Official reason
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of nine entities and 10 individuals linked to Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. El Azul), a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. The four children of Esparragoza Moreno and Gastelum Payan who were designated today are: Brenda Guadalupe, Cr...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1649
Date of listing
2012-07-24
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
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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.
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