Last Updated: July 20, 2026

Juan Ignacio ESPARRAGOZA GASTELUM

Date of birth

1972-11-12

Place of birth

San Luis Rio Colorado, Sinaloa, Mexico

Address

Avenida de la Patria No. 685 Interior 1, Fraccionamiento Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico; Calle Gutierrez Zamora No. 223, Fraccionamiento Las Aguilas, Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, Mexico City, C.P. 01020, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Reg. ID

EAGJ721112CI2, R.F.C.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of nine entities and 10 individuals linked to Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno (a.k.a. El Azul), a leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. The four children of Esparragoza Moreno and Gastelum Payan who were designated today are: Brenda Guadalupe, Cristian Ivan, Juan Ignacio, and Nadia Patricia Esparragoza Gastelum. Juvencio Ignacio Gonzalez Parada, who plays a key role in Grupo Cinjab, S.A. de C.V. and Grupo Impergoza, S.A. de C.V., was also designated today.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1649

Date of listing

2012-07-24

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

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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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