Last Updated: August 30, 2026

Pedro SANCHEZ MEDRANO

Date of birth

1976-11-05

Place of birth

Los Mochis, Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico

Sex

Male

Address

Genaro Estrada, Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico

Reg. ID

SAMP761105FK4, R.F.C.; SAMP761105HSLNDD01, C.U.R.P.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today increased its pressure on major Mexican heroin traffickers by targeting individuals and companies close to the new leadership of the Ruelas Torres drug trafficking organization (Ruelas Torres DTO). The OFAC action also targets Mexican nationals Pedro Sanchez Medrano and Reyna Isabel Rivera Sandoval, key associates of the Ruelas Torres DTO.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0305

Date of listing

2018-03-06

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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