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The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated two Mexican nationals, Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia and Jorge Mario Valenzuela Verdugo, pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).  These individuals were designated for their criminal activities in support or on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel or certain of its high-ranking members. In the unsealed indictment, Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia and Jorge Mario Valenzuela Verdugo were charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, and identified as Sinaloa Cartel lieutenants for Chapo Guzman’s son, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar.  Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, who is originally from Michoacán, moves both drugs and money for the Sinaloa Cartel.  She is also the sister of Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker and Chapo Guzman associate, Manuel Fernandez Valencia, who is currently in U.S. federal custody.  Jorge Mario Valenzuela Verdugo manages drug distribution activities for the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacan, Sinaloa, and Guadalajara, Jalisco.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0285

2015-11-24

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Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

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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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