Mexico

1968-04-30

Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

GASC680430HSLSRS07, C.U.R.P.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Cesar Gastelum Serrano, a Mexican national who is a prolific cocaine supplier to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).  The Treasury Department also today designated three of Cesar Gastelum Serrano’s brothers: Alfredo, Jaime, and Guadalupe Candelario Gastelum Serrano.  As a result of today’s action, all assets of those designated that are based in the United States or in the control of U.S. persons are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. “With support from his brothers, Cesar Gastelum Serrano has been able to establish himself as one of the most prolific cocaine suppliers for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel,” OFAC Director Adam J. Szubin said. Cesar Gastelum Serrano uses a vast criminal network to lead a cocaine trafficking organization capable of moving tons of cocaine per week through Honduras and Guatemala to Mexico.  Cesar Gastelum Serrano is a prominent distributor of cocaine in Central America for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, which was identified by the United States in 2009 as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl9730

2014-12-23

US

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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