Mexico

1971-08-23

CASF710823HDGBRL06, C.U.R.P.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of three Mexican nationals pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).  Felipe, Alejandro, and Jose Luis Cabrera Sarabia are major heroin and marijuana suppliers for the Sinaloa Cartel based in the state of Durango, Mexico. Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, along with Sinaloa Cartel leaders Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera and Ismael “Mayo” Zambada Garcia, was named in a superseding indictment unsealed by the Northern District of Illinois in January 2012 for drug trafficking.  Since 1996, the Cabrera Sarabia brothers have served a pivotal role in the Ismael Zambada Garcia drug trafficking organization.  Felipe Cabrera Sarabia is a long time lieutenant of Zambada Garcia in the Mexican state of Durango, where he controlled large-scale marijuana and poppy cultivation operations and was responsible for the transportation of marijuana and heroin into the United States.  Felipe Cabrera Sarabia also obtained ton quantities of cocaine from Zambada Garcia and transported the cocaine to the United States, specifically the Chicago, Illinois area.  Mexican authorities arrested Felipe Cabrera Sarabia in Culiacan, Sinaloa on December 23, 2011, and his extradition to the United States is pending.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl10001

2015-03-18

US

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

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Drugs

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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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