Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Ignacio CORONEL VILLAREAL

Aliases

NACHO CORONEL

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1954-02-01

Address

Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico

Official reason

The Sinaloa Cartel, a powerful and violent Mexican drug trafficking organization identified by the President pursuant to the Kingpin Act in April 2009, is led by Joaquin Guzman Loera (a.k.a. El Chapo), Ismael Zambada Garcia (a.k.a. El Mayo), and Ignacio Coronel Villareal (a.k.a. Nacho), all previously identified by the President as Significant Fore...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg444

Date of listing

2005-06-01

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