Last Updated: January 19, 2026
JUAREZ CARTEL
Aliases
VCFO; CARRILLO FUENTES DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION; LA LINEA; CARTEL DE JUAREZ
Address
Mexico
Official reason
La Linea began as an armed wing of the Juarez Cartel intended to help the drug trafficking organization defend its border territories in and around Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Today, La Linea operates in Ciudad Juarez, where it has access to drug trafficking and human smuggling routes across the U.S.-Mexico border. La Linea tax...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2704
Date of listing
2004-06-01
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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