Mexico

1973-07-17

CASA-730717-664, RFC; CASA730717HDGBRL00, 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. Today, OFAC also designated Alejandro Cabrera Sarabia and Jose Luis Cabrera Sarabia.  Following the 2011 arrest of Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, Alejandro Cabrera Sarabia assumed control of the family drug trafficking organization in Durango for the Zambada Garcia organization.  Alejandro assisted Zambada Garcia with transporting ton quantities of narcotics into the United States via the Mexican state of Baja California. Mexican authorities arrested Alejandro Cabrera Sarabia in Culiacan on February 11, 2013.

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

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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