Counter Narcotics and Counter Terrorism Designations

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

• OFAC Programs:
  • [SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
  • [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

AISPURO FELIX, Jesus Alonso

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 01 Aug 1981
• POB: Durango, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: AIFJ810801HDGSLS08 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: The Sinaloa Cartel was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the U.S. Department of State on February 20, 2025, following Executive Order 14157 issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

 

BOJORQUEZ CHAPARRO, Castulo

• Address: Sinaloa, Mexico
• DOB: 23 Mar 1978
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: BOCC780323HSLJHS08 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

Supplemental Information: Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas (a.k.a. “El Chuy Gonzalez”) is the leader of the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization, designated by OFAC under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act in May 2021. OFAC has described the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO as one of the largest sources of raw opium gum and heroin in northern Mexico and a major distributor of fentanyl to U.S. markets. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

 

CASTRO ROCHA, Noe de Jesus

• Address: Sinaloa, Mexico
• DOB: 10 Nov 1975
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: CARN751110HSLSCX05 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

 

GARCIA SANDOVAL, Fredi Ismael

• Address: Mexico City, Mexico
• DOB: 29 Aug 1973
• POB: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: GASF730829HCHRNR09 (Mexico)
• RFC: GAGF9908292X4 (Mexico)
• alt. RFC: GASF730829UN5 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

 

MORENO ZAMORA, Luis Arnulfo

• Address: Sinaloa, Mexico
• DOB: 01 Feb 1990
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: MOZL900201HSLRMS01 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

 

OJEDA AVILES, Armando de Jesus

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 01 May 1985
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x038989cbb1710c72b9920dc4fa529158f463e72c
• alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x14779CEC0B117d5194c750C55Ea1f42086631964
• alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x32dA24Ca413F3E7B53145D4737e172C3bdF81e3e
• alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xf2235d55b2950a0b1317469d72d07ae65b2e27cb
• alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x4F428c11Dc82388fa5136D636e613ad923Eb700B
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: OEAA850501HSLJVR09 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: OFAC identified five Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet addresses associated with this individual, reflecting the Sinaloa Cartel’s documented use of digital assets to move illicit proceeds. The Sinaloa Cartel was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization and SDGT on February 20, 2025. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

 

OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 29 May 1979
• POB: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• R.F.C.: OORA790529H89 (Mexico)
• C.U.R.P.: OORA790529HCHRML03 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: OJEDA AVILES, Armando de Jesus

 

OROZCO ROMERO, Liliana

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 14 Jan 1976
• POB: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Female
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• R.F.C.: OORL760114EN6 (Mexico)
• C.U.R.P.: OORL760114MCHRML06 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

 

ROMERO MORENO, Amalia Margarita

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 23 Dec 1957
• POB: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Female
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: ROMA571223MCHMRM07 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

 

SAENZ AGUILAR, Baltazar

• Address: Sinaloa, Mexico
• DOB: 12 Aug 1985
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: SAAB850812HSLNGL03 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

 

OFAC Program: [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

ALARCON PALOMARES, Rodrigo

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 21 Jun 1996
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xaC4cC4B68ea24BbFAAC8fD127B67Ed445ACcCE22
• C.U.R.P.: AAPR960621HSLLLD02 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual

 

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

• OFAC Programs:
  • [SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
  • [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

GORDITAS CHIWAS

• Address: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• Organization Established Date: 11 Jan 2006
• Organization Type: Restaurants and mobile food service activities
• R.F.C.: ROMA5712239X0 (Mexico)
• Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

 

GRUPO ESPECIAL MAMBA NEGRA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

• Address: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• Organization Established Date: 25 Mar 2010
• Organization Type: Private security activities
• Folio Mercantil No.: 25872 (Mexico)
• Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

 

Amendments:

The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

• OFAC Programs:
  • [SDNTK]   Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
  • [SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
  • [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus (Latin: GONZÁLEZ PEÑUELAS, Jesús)

• AKA: “EL CHUY GONZALEZ”
• Address: Sinaloa, Mexico
• DOB: 10 Nov 1969
• POB: Sinaloa, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• C.U.R.P.: GOPJ691110HSLNXS09 (Mexico)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, known as “El Chuy Gonzalez,” was originally designated by OFAC under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) on May 12, 2021 as the leader of the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). OFAC identified the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO as one of the largest sources of raw opium gum and heroin in northern Mexico and a major distributor of fentanyl to U.S. markets, with operations primarily in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, and distribution cells in California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. He has been indicted on drug trafficking charges by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2017) and by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (2018) and remains a fugitive. Today’s amendment adds the [SDGT] and [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] program tags to his existing [SDNTK] designation and formally links him to the Sinaloa Cartel — designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State in February 2025 — extending counterterrorism authorities to his designation.

 

List of Changes:

• Field Name: Secondary sanctions risk
  • Added: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
• Field Name: Program Tags
  • Changed: [SDNTK] to: [SDNTK] [SDGT] [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]
• Field Name: Linked To
  • Added: SINALOA CARTEL

Mr. Sanctions’ Note: There was no associated press release, so the Supplemental Information came from Claude searching far and wide for things to add to OFAC’s listings.