1978-03-13

NIGR780313HTSTNG02, C.U.R.P.; NIGR780313JK2, R.F.C.

In Tamaulipas, Mexico, Briones Ruiz operates a network of cocaine and bulk cash smugglers, which includes Rogelio Nieto Gonzalez (his brother-in-law) and Myriam Susana Beattie De Briones (his wife, a.k.a. Myriam Susana Beattie Martinez).  Claudia Aide Briones Ruiz (his sister) and Magdalena Ruiz De Briones (his mother, a.k.a. Magdalena Ruiz Carrion), provide services to his company, Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.  On May 18, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed cocaine trafficking charges against Briones Ruiz and Nieto Gonzalez, financial structuring charges against Briones Ruiz and Beattie de Briones, and money laundering charges against all three individuals.  OFAC today has designated Nieto Gonzalez and Beattie De Briones for providing support for the international narcotics trafficking activities of Briones Ruiz.  Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican gas station company located in Matamoros along the Brownsville, Texas border, has been designated for being owned or controlled by Briones Ruiz.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl10059

2015-05-21

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

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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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