Abel BRIONES RUIZ

1973-10-31

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Calle Bustamante No. 187, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

BIRA731031HTSRZB03, C.U.R.P.; BIRA731031BU4, R.F.C.; 05116040222575, I.F.E.

Drug cartel/Mafia

he U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today has designated Mexican narcotics trafficker Abel Briones Ruiz as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (“Kingpin Act”) for providing support for the international narcotics trafficking activities of the Gulf Cartel. n Tamaulipas, Mexico, Briones Ruiz operates a network of cocaine and bulk cash smugglers, which includes Rogelio Nieto Gonzalez (his brother-in-law) and Myriam Susana Beattie De Briones (his wife, a.k.a. Myriam Susana Beattie Martinez).  Claudia Aide Briones Ruiz (his sister) and Magdalena Ruiz De Briones (his mother, a.k.a. Magdalena Ruiz Carrion), provide services to his company, Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.

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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl10059

2015-05-21

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Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

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Drugs

Blocking Property

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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