Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Julio Cesar MONTERO PINZON

Aliases

El Tarjetas; Luis Armando VELAZQUEZ BALTAZAR; Cesar HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ; El Chess; El Chino; Comandante Tarjetas; HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ, Francisco; Moreno

Nationality

Mexico

DoB

1982-06-02; 1982-11-08; 1986-08-25; 1977-06-28

Address

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico; Estero del Cayman, Real Ixtapa, #137-A, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Reg. ID

MOPJ820602HJCNNL05, C.U.R.P.; MOPJ821108HJCNNL04, C.U.R.P.; VEBL860825HJCLLS05, C.U.R.P.; VEBL860825, R.F.C.; GRMRLR82012730M700, Electoral Registry No.; HEJC770628HCSRMS06, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon (Montero Pinzon) is part of a violent CJNG enforcement group based in Puerto Vallarta that orchestrates assassinations of rivals and politicians using high-powered weaponry. Mexican national Montero Pinzon is a close associate of Carlos Andres Rivera Varela (a.k.a. “La Firma”) and Francisco Javier Gudino Haro (a.k.a. “La ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0803

Date of listing

2022-06-02

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021 Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Drugs

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Official Information

President Biden signed a new Executive Order (E.O.) to modernize the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s sanctions authorities used to combat the illicit drug trade. This E.O. will provide the Treasury Department with new tools to tackle changes in the global illicit drug trade that substantially contributed to over 100,000 American overdose deaths i...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/17/2021-27505/imposing-sanctions-on-foreign-persons-involved-in-the-global-illicit-drug-trade