Last Updated: July 23, 2026

Jose Odilon RAMIREZ PERALES

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1972-07-20

Place of birth

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Address

Tamaulipas, Mexico; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico

Reg. ID

RAPO720720HTMSRD03, C.U.R.P.; 84059255, Passport

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated two Mexican nationals, Jose Odilon Ramirez Perales and Ismael Lopez Guerrero, pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for their ties to Mexico’s violent Los Zetas drug trafficking organization. Ramirez Perales is a powerful financial operative responsible for controlling and laundering tens of millions of dollars in funds smuggled from the U.S. to Mexico for Los Zetas leaders Miguel Trevino Morales and Omar Trevino Morales.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2018

Date of listing

2013-07-23

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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