Last Updated: August 30, 2026

Alfonso LIRA SOTELO

Aliases

EL ATLANTE

Rogelio BAHENA MARTINEZ

Date of birth

1970-05-24; 1970-12-02

Place of birth

Mexico City, D.F., Mexico; Ixtlahuatenco Pedro Ascencio Alquisiras, Guerrero, Mexico

Sex

Male

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

LISA700524HDFRTL03, C.U.R.P.; LISA7005242Y8, R.F.C.; 25887069638, National ID No.; G02447186, Passport

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Mexican nationals, pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Eliseo Imperial Castro, a.k.a. “Cheyo Antrax,” Alfonso Lira Sotelo, a.k.a. “El Atlante,” Javier Lira Sotelo, a.k.a “El Hannibal” or “El Carnicero,” and Alma Delia Lira Sotelo have been designated for their narcotics trafficking and money laundering in support or on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel and/or its high-ranking members.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl5058

Date of listing

2016-09-23

Program information

Authority

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.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/17/2021-10314/narcotics-trafficking-sanctions-regulations-and-foreign-narcotics-kingpin-sanctions-regulations

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