Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Rene ARZATE GARCIA
Aliases
AQUILES
Nationality
Mexico
DoB
1973-12-02
Address
Mexico
Reg. ID
AAGA731202HBCRRL05, C.U.R.P.
Official reason
As Baja California, Mexico-based “plaza bosses” for the Sinaloa Cartel, Alfonso Arzate Garcia and his brother, Rene Arzate Garcia, manage the cartel’s drug trafficking operations in Tijuana and the surrounding municipalities, and are involved in importing large quantities of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, into the United States. Known to be ext...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1680
Date of listing
2023-08-09
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021 Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Drugs
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Official Information
President Biden signed a new Executive Order (E.O.) to modernize the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s sanctions authorities used to combat the illicit drug trade. This E.O. will provide the Treasury Department with new tools to tackle changes in the global illicit drug trade that substantially contributed to over 100,000 American overdose deaths i...
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