Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Jose Luis RUELAS TORRES
Nationality
Mexico
DoB
1953-09-10
Address
P 112, Genaro Estrada, Sinaloa, Mexico
Reg. ID
RUTL530910HSLLRS07, C.U.R.P.; RUTL5309103B6, R.F.C.
Official reason
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today identified Mexican national Jose Luis Ruelas Torres and the Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking Organization (Ruelas Torres DTO) as Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). In addition, the OFAC ac...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0095
Date of listing
2017-05-24
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
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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