Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Jorge Mario PAREDES CORDOVA
Aliases
EL GORDO; HIPER; Mario Jorge ARRAIZA BETANCUR; Jorge Mario PAREDEZ CORDOVA; Mario CORDON
Nationality
Guatemala
DoB
1966-01-09
Address
Morazan El Progreso, Guatemala
Reg. ID
1102020001107JK, Passport
Official reason
Jorge Mario Paredes-Cordova was the leader of a Guatemalan drug trafficking organization that employed criminal associates in Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico and El Salvador to facilitate the transportation of multi-ton cocaine shipments into Guatemala via air, land and sea routes.
Other Information
Date of listing
2007-06-01
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
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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