Last Updated: July 3, 2026

Eduardo MENDOZA ROBLES

Aliases

ZETA 33

Date of birth

1966-12-05

Place of birth

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Reg. ID

MERE661205HTSNBD09, C.U.R.P.; MERE661205MQ3, R.F.C.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Eduardo Mendoza Robles (a.k.a. Zeta 33) as a specially designated narcotics trafficker (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Mendoza Robles is responsible for transporting drugs, weapons, and cash across the U.S.-Mexico border on behalf of the Los Zetas cartel.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2323

Date of listing

2014-03-13

Program information

Authority

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.

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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