Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa Explained

Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa
Birth Date:ca. 1965
Birth Place:Tamaulipas, Mexico[1]
Other Names:El Goyo,[2] Metro-2, Caramuela
Employer:Los Zetas
Occupation:Lieutenant

Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa is a Mexican illegal drug trafficker of the Los Zetas, when Los Zetas were the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel.[3] [4]

Sauceda was a former investigative police officer,[4] who helped smuggle an average of 10 tons of cocaine and 30 tons of marijuana across the border each month.[5]

Arrest

He was captured on April 30, 2009 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas along with his wife and his bodyguard, Miguel Ángel Reyes Grajales.[4] [6] Mexican Authorities had offered a 30 million pesos (about US$2.1 million) bounty for information leading to his capture.[3]

Kingpin Act sanction

On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Sauceda-Gamboa 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.[7] 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.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. [OpenSanctions.org]
  2. http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/infografias/2009/abril/290409captura_elgoyo/ Detiene la Policia Federal a Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, alias "El Goyo" y/o "El Caramuela, presunto integrante del Cartel del Golfo en Tamaulipas.
  3. News: Los Zetas Founder Arrested . April 30, 2009 . Friend of Ours . 2012-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084646/http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/friends_of_ours/gregorio-sauceda-gamboa/ . September 20, 2011 . dead .
  4. News: Mexico arrests 'drug gang boss' . 30 April 2009 . BBC News . 2012-03-12.
  5. Web site: Capturan al Caramuela . 2012-03-12 . 30 April 2009 . Spanish.
  6. News: Mexico nabs a 'most-wanted' drug trafficker . April 30, 2009 . NBC News News . Associated Press (AP) . 2012-03-12.
  7. 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 .
  8. 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.

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