Last Updated: July 8, 2026

Ovidio GUZMAN LOPEZ

Aliases

El Raton

Raton Nuevo

Nationality

Mexico

Date of birth

1990-03-29

Place of birth

Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Sex

Male

Address

Mexico

Reg. ID

GULO900329HSLZPV09, C.U.R.P.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

OFAC is designating Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Ovidio Guzman Lopez for their roles in their father’s drug trafficking organization and the Sinaloa Cartel. In 2005, Mexican authorities arrested Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar on money laundering charges, but he was later released. Ovidio Guzman Lopez also plays a significant role in his father’s drug trafficking activities.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1576

Date of listing

2012-05-08

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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