Last Updated: September 2, 2026

Miguel Jose LEONE MARTINEZ

Aliases

Miguel LEONE

Date of birth

1980-05-16

Sex

Male

Address

Severo Diaz 38, Col. Ladron de Guevara, Guadalajara, 44600, Jalisco, Mexico

Reg. ID

YA1867648, Passport

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

OFAC also designated Venezuelan-Italian fashion photographer Miguel Jose Leone Martinez, who helps lead an international prostitution ring associated with the Los Cuinis DTO. The second individual designated today is Miguel Jose Leone Martinez (a.k.a. Miguel Leone), who is a dual Venezuelan-Italian citizen resident in Mexico and associate of Chucho Perez. Miguel Leone, who purports to be a fashion photographer, actually helps lead an international prostitution ring on behalf of the Los Cuinis DTO. Mexican authorities arrested Miguel Leone with Los Cuinis DTO leader Gonzalez Valencia in Mexico in February 2015 but released Leone approximately one year later.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0339

Date of listing

2018-04-06

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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