Flavio Méndez Santiago Explained
| Flavio Méndez Santiago |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Piedras Negras, Veracruz |
| Other Names: | El Amarillo[1] |
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| Occupation: | Drug lord |
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Flavio Méndez Santiago (alias El Amarillo) is a Mexican drug lord of Los Zetas.[2]
Kingpin Act sanction
On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Méndez Santiago under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with fifty-three other international criminals and ten foreign entities.[3] The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[4]
Arrest
He was captured on January 18, 2011 in Villa de Etla, Oaxaca.[5]
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/elamarilloentrelos29narcosmasbuscadosenmexico-633439.html El Amarillo', entre los 29 narcos más buscados en México.
- http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/world/mexico.violence_1_heriberto-lazcano-cartel-osiel-cardenas-guillen?_s=PM:WORLD Mexico announces capture of one of the founders of Los Zetas.
- Web site: DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT . . 28 May 2014 . 11 . 15 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514025153/http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf . 14 May 2013 . dead .
- Web site: An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. United States Department of the Treasury. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528053616/http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf. 28 May 2014. 1. 2009.
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103181125 Mexico Police: Founding Member Of Zetas Captured
