Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Alvaro RAMOS ACOSTA

Aliases

Alvaro Arroz Ramos

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1976-03-31

Address

Calle Privada Homero Numero 3, Fraccionamiento El Greco, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Reg. ID

RAAA760331HSRMCL00, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

In addition to working with another Nogales-based plaza boss who was previously designated by OFAC, Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela, Morgan Huerta collaborates with other Sinaloa Cartel drug traffickers and businessmen in Sonora, including Sergio Isaias Hernandez Mazon (a.k.a. “Chavelo”) and Alvaro Ramos Acosta (a.k.a. “Alvaro Arroz Ramos”), both Mexi...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1887

Date of listing

2023-11-07

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021 Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Drugs

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Official Information

President Biden signed a new Executive Order (E.O.) to modernize the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s sanctions authorities used to combat the illicit drug trade. This E.O. will provide the Treasury Department with new tools to tackle changes in the global illicit drug trade that substantially contributed to over 100,000 American overdose deaths i...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/17/2021-27505/imposing-sanctions-on-foreign-persons-involved-in-the-global-illicit-drug-trade