Last Updated: June 27, 2026

Armando AGUIRRE CARDONA

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1955-10-28

Place of birth

Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

AUCA551028HNLGRR03, C.U.R.P.; AUCA551028, R.F.C.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

We are sanctioning Rigoberto Gaxiola Medina's network of companies and associates to support and advance the Mexican authorities' important efforts against this criminal organization. The designation includes key Gaxiola associates Roque Duarte Munoz, Armando Aguirre Cardona, Juan Luis Guzman Enriquez and Juan Francisco Quintero Arce, all of whom were arrested in 2003 along with Rigoberto Gaxiola Medina by Mexican federal authorities.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp1109

Date of listing

2008-08-05

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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