Last Updated: July 6, 2026

Juana PAYAN MERAZ

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1974-03-08

Place of birth

Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico

Sex

Female

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

PAMJ740308MSLYRN17, C.U.R.P.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

OFAC also designated several key associates of Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas today: his brothers Ignacio and Wilfrido Gonzalez Penuelas, Efrain Mendivil Figueroa, Adelmo Nunez Molina, and Raul and Juana Payan Meraz. Juana Payan Meraz, also a Mexican national, is a narcotics trafficking associate of Raul Payan Meraz.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0172

Date of listing

2021-05-12

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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