Last Updated: June 26, 2026

Jose OLIVAS CHAIDEZ

Aliases

INGENIERO

EL BLANCO

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1982-07-29

Place of birth

Tamazula, Durango, Mexico

Sex

Male

Address

CRT Club Campestre Campestre 788 Teran, Tuxtla Gutierrez, 29050, Chiapas, Mexico

Reg. ID

OICJ820729HDGLHS08, C.U.R.P.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two Mexican nationals and two Mexican companies pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Juan Manuel Alvarez Inzunza, a money launderer, and Jose Olivas Chaidez, a key narcotics trafficker, have been designated as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) for materially assisting, supporting, or providing services to the Sinaloa Cartel and/or high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel members, including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and his top lieutenants.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0537

Date of listing

2016-08-16

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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