Last Updated: January 19, 2026

SMART DEPOT

Aliases

SMART DEPOT MAZATLAN; SMART DEPOT PUERTO CANCUN; SMARTDEPOT; SMARTDEPOTMX; SMART DEPOTMX TU CELLULAR AL INSTANTE

Address

Boulevard Sinaloa 1061, Las Quintas, Culiacan, 80020, Sinaloa, Mexico; Avenida Reforma S/N, Gran Plaza Mazatlan, Local I29, Alameda, Mazatlan, 82123, Sinaloa, Mexico; Boulevard Kukulcan KM 1.5, Local B32, Puerto Juarez, Marina Puerto, Cancun, 77500, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Official reason

OFAC sanctioned Mexico-based cell phone business, Smart Depot, and several related actors, including brothers, Arturo D’Artagnan Marin Gonzalez (Arturo Marin) and Porthos Marin Gonzalez (Porthos Marin), who are responsible for operating a BMPE scheme for the Sinaloa Cartel. In coordination with Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl suppliers, the Marin brothers ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2201

Date of listing

2024-03-22

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