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Nemesio OSEGUERA CERVANTES

Aliases

Nemesio OSEGUERA CERVANTES; El Mencho; El Senor de los Gallos

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1966-07-17

Address

Jalisco, Mexico

Reg. ID

OECR660717HMNSRB00, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

The nine individuals are designated as  Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for providing material assistance to the drug trafficking activities of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (a.k.a. “Mencho”) and his brother-in-law, Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, the respective lead...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0596

Date of listing

2015-04-08

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