Mexico

1969-11-10

Sinaloa, Mexico

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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas and the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization (Gonzalez Penuelas DTO) as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).  Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas (a.k.a. “Chuy Gonzalez”) and his drug trafficking organization are among the largest sources of raw opium gum and heroin in northern Mexico, and increasingly are a major distributor of fentanyl to U.S. markets. Mexican national Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas has been the leader of an independent methamphetamine, marijuana, and heroin production and distribution organization since at least 2007.  He oversees multiple heroin processing laboratories in Sinaloa.  In addition, the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO is responsible for transporting and selling cocaine and M-30s (fentanyl pills).  The U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the District of Colorado and for the Southern District of California charged Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas with multiple drug trafficking offenses in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0172

2021-05-12

US

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

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Drugs

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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.

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