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Avenida Los Angeles No. 5183, Colonia Las Palmas, Tijuana, CP 22440, Baja California, Mexico; Calle Colima 2316, Colonia Francisco I. Madero, Tijuana, CP 22150, Baja California, Mexico; Calle 8 8988, Colonia Zona Este, Tijuana, CP 22000, Baja California, Mexico; Cjon. Quintana Roo 8220, Colonia Zona Este, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Predio Rustico en Km. 42 - 43 de la Carretera, Tijuana-Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of two family members and one entity linked to Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. El Azul), a leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel. Esparragoza Moreno and the Sinaloa Cartel were identified as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2003 and 2009, respectively.  Esparragoza Moreno has been active in drug trafficking since the late 1970s when he and others formed the Guadalajara drug cartel.  Rafael Caro Quintero, whom the President also identified as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2000, was among these other individuals who were part of the Guadalajara drug cartel.  Esparragoza Moreno was indicted on drug trafficking charges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 2003 and is wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2176

2003-06-02

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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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