Last Updated: June 26, 2026

Gonzalo MENDOZA GAYTAN

Aliases

El Sapo

El 90

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1988-10-02

Place of birth

Michoacan de Ocampo, Mexico

Sex

Male

Address

Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Reg. ID

MEGG881002HMNNYN02, C.U.R.P.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

Today’s action targets persons based in the Mexican state of Jalisco who are affiliated with CJNG and its senior members, including Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytan (a.k.a. “El Sapo”). On May 17, 2019, OFAC designated Mendoza Gaytan, who has been the CJNG plaza boss for Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico and who is responsible for significant violence.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0103

Date of listing

2019-05-17

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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