Mexico

Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico

IVI-030311-1L6, R.F.C.

Today's action targets eight individuals and nine companies that are part of the money laundering network owned or controlled by the Arriola Marquez Organization. Two additional Arriola Marquez brothers, Luis Raul and Edgar Fernando Arriola Marquez, are named, as well as other key front individuals. In Chihuahua, Mexico, the front companies consist of two large cattle businesses - Corrales San Ignacio S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V. and Del Norte Carnes Finas San Ignacio S.A. de C.V., two real estate firms - Inmobiliaria El Escorpion del Norte S.A. de C.V. and Inmobiliaria El Preson S.A. de C.V., an automotive sales company - Auto Express Dorados S.A. de C.V., a gasoline distributor - Gasolineras San Fernando S.A. de C.V., and a food processing/distribution conglomerate Chihuahua Foods S.A. de C.V. and Indio Vitorio S. de P.R. de R.L. de C.V. A Mexican currency exchange house, Cambios Palmilla S.A. de C.V., which serves as a major financial front for the Arriola Marquez Organization, is also designated. All of these front companies launder U.S. currency illicitly earned through narcotics sales in the United States and bulk smuggled back to Mexico.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js2686

2005-08-18

US

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

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Drugs

Blocking Property

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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