Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Mercedes BARRIOS HERNANDEZ

Aliases

LA MECHE

DoB

1971-05-05

Address

Xochitepec, Morelos, Mexico

Reg. ID

BAHM710505MGRRRR07, C.U.R.P.; BAHM710505Q91, R.F.C.

Official reason

The indictment also charges their respective wives, Mercedes Barrios Hernandez and Daniela Gomez Velazquez, with multiple charges related to money laundering, along with Antonio Marcelo Barragan, with a drug trafficking charge.

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0423

Date of listing

2016-04-14

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