Last Updated: July 8, 2026

Jorge Eduardo COSTILLA SANCHEZ

Aliases

Jorge COSTILLA SANCHEZ

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1971-08-01; 1971-01-06; 1971-06-01; 1971-06-06

Place of birth

Mexico

Address

Mexico; Andador 2 o 20, No. 13, Fraccionamiento Los Sauces, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Playa Mocamba y Playa Encantada No. 14, Colonia Playa Sol, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Calle Sierra Nevada No. 633, Fraccionamiento Fuentes, Seccion Lomas, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Reg. ID

CSSNJR71010628H801, Electoral Registry No.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

In June 2009, the Department of Justice charged 19 of the drug cartels' top lieutenants, including Jorge Costilla Sanchez, Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, and Miguel Trevino Morales with drug trafficking-related crimes.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg220

Date of listing

2009-07-20

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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