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Mexican judge and a former governor designated by OFAC

OFAC has designated a Mexican magistrate judge and a former Mexican governor for their involvement in corruption activities. OFAC designated Mexican magistrate judge Isidro Avelar Gutierrez under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) because of his actions on behalf of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and the Los Cuinis Drug Trafficking Organization (Los Cuinis), two closely allied narcotics trafficking organizations designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2015. Avelar Gutierrez received bribes from these narcotics trafficking organizations in exchange for providing favorable judicial rulings to their senior members. OFAC also designated Roberto Sandoval Castaneda, the former governor of the Mexican state of Nayarit, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption.

OFAC also designated today under E.O. 13818 three of Sandoval Castaneda’s complicit family members who have acted or purported to act on his behalf by holding his ill-gotten assets in their names. Four Mexican entities were also designated today for being owned or controlled by Sandoval or a designated family member.

For information on these and other individuals and entities designated on May 17, see BankersOnline's OFAC Update.

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