Last Updated: July 7, 2026

Damaso LOPEZ NUNEZ

Aliases

EL LICENCIADO

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1966-02-22

Place of birth

Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Address

Avenida Nicolas Bravo No. 1607, Colonia Guadalupe, Culiacan, 80220, Sinaloa, Mexico; Calle Escobedo No. 24, Localidad El Dorado, Culiacan, 80450, Sinaloa, Mexico

Reg. ID

LOND660222HSLPXM05, C.U.R.P.; LOND6602221Y5, R.F.C.; LOND660222SE7, R.F.C.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

OFAC is designating top Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant Damaso Lopez Nunez for his role in the narcotics trafficking activities of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera and for playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. Lopez Nunez, alias “El Licenciado,” helped Guzman Loera escape from Mexican federal prison in 2001. He has since become one of the top lieutenants of the Sinaloa Cartel, which is responsible for multiple-ton shipments of narcotics from Mexico into the United States.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tf1817

Date of listing

2013-01-09

Program information

Authority

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.

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

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