Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Julio Antonio JUAREZ RAMIREZ
Aliases
Julio JUAREZ
Nationality
Guatemala
DoB
1980-12-01
Address
Quinta Esterlima Km. 152.5, San Bernardino, Suchitepequez, Guatemala
Official reason
Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez (Juarez) is a Guatemalan Congressman accused of ordering an attack in which two journalists were killed and another injured. Guatemalan prosecutors and a UN-sponsored commission investigating corruption in Guatemala allege that Juarez hired hit men to kill Prensa Libre correspondent Danilo Efrain Zapan Lopez, whose rep...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243
Date of listing
2017-12-21
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky
Regime
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Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441
Official Information
On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...
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