Last Updated: July 2, 2026

Gilberto HIGUERA GUERRERO

Aliases

EL GILILLO

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1968-04-14

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

The six AFO leaders designated by OFAC are Jesus Abraham Labra Aviles, Gilberto Higuera Guerrero, Efrain Perez Pasuengo, Jorge Aureliano Felix, Rigoberto Yanez Guerrero and Armando Martinez Duarte. All six individuals are from Mexico. Today's action prohibits all financial and commercial transactions between the designated persons and entities and any U.S. person and freezes any assets found in the United States.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js2115

Date of listing

2004-11-24

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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