Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Jose Luis RUELAS AVILA
Nationality
Mexico
DoB
1981-03-11
Address
C 14 S/N, Loc Genaro Estrada, Sinaloa, 81960, Sinaloa, Mexico
Reg. ID
RUAL810311HSLLVS02, C.U.R.P.; RUAL810311933, R.F.C.; RLAVLS81031125H800, I.F.E.
Official reason
In 2015, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado charged Ruelas Torres and his son Joel Efren Ruelas Avila with running a Continuing Criminal Enterprise, along with related narcotics trafficking and money laundering offenses. The indictment also charged Hector Librado Rivera Sandoval, Toribio Alberto Lugo Leon, and Jose Carlos Barr...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0095
Date of listing
2017-05-24
Program information
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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