Last Updated: July 8, 2026

Joaquin GUZMAN LOERA

Aliases

Max AREGON

Chapo GUZMAN

Jose Luis GUIERREZ LOERA

Joaquin GUZMAN FERNANDEZ

Joaquin GUZMAN LOESA

Joaquin GUZMAN PADILLA

Joaquin GUMAN LOERAL

Archibaldo GUZMAN

Aureliano GUZMAN

Miguel ORTEGA

Joise Luis RAMIREZ

Gilberto CARO RODRIGUEZ

Joaquin Chapo GUZMAN

Chapo GUZMAN LOREA

Joaguin GUZMAN LOEIA

Achivaldo GUZMAN

Gilberto OSUNA

Jorge RAMOX PEREZ

Date of birth

1954-12-25

Place of birth

Mexico

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

In the early 2000s, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera consolidated their power, which led to the Sinaloa Cartel’s ascent into one of the largest and most notorious drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. The Sinaloa Cartel controls drug trafficking activity in key regions throughout Mexico, particularly along the Pacific Coast.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1467

Date of listing

2001-06-01

Program information

Authority

Program

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

Regime

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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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