Last Updated: January 19, 2026
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
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
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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.
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