Last Updated: June 28, 2026

Juanita Del Carmen RIOS HERNANDEZ

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1977-01-11

Place of birth

Tamaulipas, Mexico

Address

Avenida Constitucion No. 2224, Colonia San Rafael, Nuevo Laredo, 88200, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Reg. ID

RIHJ770111MTSSRN08, C.U.R.P.; 0844040737482, Credencial electoral; RIHJ770111DD, R.F.C.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Juanita del Carmen Rios Hernandez and her medical supply company Distribuidora e Importadora de Productos Medicos del Norte as specially designated narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Juanita del Carmen Rios Hernandez is the spouse of Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, a leader of Los Zetas drug cartel, who is jailed in Mexico and faces multiple federal indictments in the United States for narcotics and money laundering violations.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl2254

Date of listing

2014-02-14

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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