Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Maria Guadalupe GASTELUM PAYAN

DoB

1949-08-30

Address

Avenida Camino a la Tijera No. 806, Fraccionamiento La Tijera, Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Jalisco, Mexico; Calle Chichen Itza No. 4644, Colonia Mirador del Sol, Zapopan, C.P. 45054, Jalisco, Mexico; Calle Morelos No. 2223, Colonia Arcos Vallarta, Guadalajara, C.P. 44130, Jalisco, Mexico

Reg. ID

GAPG4908307H1, R.F.C.; GAPG490830MSLSYD06, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of nine entities and 10 individuals linked to Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. El Azul), a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. Maria Guadalupe Gastelum Payan, one of Esparragoza Moreno’s wives, owns property in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, a to...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1649

Date of listing

2012-07-24

Program information

Authority

US

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