Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Damaso LOPEZ NUNEZ
Aliases
EL LICENCIADO
Nationality
Mexico
DoB
1966-02-22
Address
Avenida Nicolas Bravo No. 1607, Colonia Guadalupe, Culiacan, 80220, Sinaloa, Mexico; Calle Escobedo No. 24, Localidad El Dorado, Culiacan, 80450, Sinaloa, Mexico
Reg. ID
LOND660222HSLPXM05, C.U.R.P.; LOND6602221Y5, R.F.C.; LOND660222SE7, R.F.C.
Official reason
OFAC is designating top Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant Damaso Lopez Nunez for his role in the narcotics trafficking activities of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera and for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. Lopez Nunez, alias “El Licenciado,” helped Guzman Loera escape from Mexican federal prison in 2001. He has since become o...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tf1817
Date of listing
2013-01-09
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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