Last Updated: October 11, 2026

Jairo Estuardo ORELLANA MORALES

Aliases

EL PELON

Nationality

Guatemala

Date of birth

1973-09-28

Place of birth

Zacapa, Guatemala

Address

Aldea Dona Maria, Zacapa, Guatemala

Reg. ID

R-19 42080, Cedula No.; 111904000420805, Passport

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated Jairo Estuardo Orellana Morales, a violent Guatemalan narcotics trafficker, as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Orellana Morales traffics cocaine through Guatemala on behalf of Los Zetas and has been implicated in several executions in Guatemala in support of his drug trafficking activities.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2145

Date of listing

2013-08-20

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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