Juan Carlos CRUZ OVALLE

Guatemala

1975-09-11; 1975-11-06

Puerto Barrios, Izabal, Guatemala

Male

5 Calle, 1-35, Zona 1, Tecun Uman, Ayutla, San Marcos, Guatemala

844191K, NIT #; L-1225277, Cedula No.; 1678215981801, C.U.I.

Drug cartel/Mafia

Erik Suñiga Rodriguez’s key drug trafficking associates who are being designated today are Wildin Tulio Jui Escobar, Juan Carlos Cruz Ovalle, his brother Jose Juan Suñiga Rodriguez, and his half-brother Alex Oswaldo Parada Rodriguez.  Wildin Tulio Jui Escobar was recently arrested by Guatemalan authorities under narcotics trafficking charges and for belonging to a criminal syndicate.  Juan Carlos Cruz Ovalle, a.k.a. “El Hielero,” was previously arrested in 2013 Guatemala under murder charges, attempted murder, and for association with a drug trafficking group.  Jose Juan Suñiga Rodriguez provides transportation services for the Suñiga Rodriguez DTO, and Alex Oswaldo Parada Rodriguez, a.k.a. “La Pantera,” is one of Erik Suñiga Rodriguez’s top lieutenants.

US

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm863

2019-12-19

US

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

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Drugs

Blocking Property

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.

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