Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

The three companies and four individuals targeted today are associated with an Arellano Felix Organization financial network centered on the Mexican drugstore chain Farmacia Vida Suprema S.A. de C.V., which was designated by OFAC on January 31, 2002. Farmacia Vida S.A. de C.V. formed the core of a group of front companies and individuals tied to Mexican drug kingpins Benjamin and Ramon Arellano Felix, named as drug kingpins by the President on June 1, 2000. The front companies include Comercializadora Amia S.A. de C.V., Servicios Administrativos y de Organizacion S.C., and Kontroles Electronicos de Baja California S.A. de C.V., all located in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js2686

2005-08-18

US

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

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Blocking Property

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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