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Rafael Caro Quintero

Debarred entity · Sanctioned entity

Rafael Caro Quintero is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CARO QUINTERO, Rafael · Rafael CARO QUINTERO · Rafael Caro Quintero · Raphael CARO QUINTERO · רפאל קארו קינטרו · 5 more...				[sources]
Alias	Raphael CARO QUINTERO				[sources]
Weak alias	拉斐尔·卡罗·金特罗 · 拉斐爾·卡羅·昆特羅 · 拉斐爾·卡羅·金特羅				[sources]
Birth date	1952-10-24 · 1952-12-12 · 1955-10-24 · 1955-11-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Badiraguato Municipality · Mexico				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Mexico · United States				[sources]
Citizenship	Mexico				[sources]
First name	Rafael · Raphael				[sources]
Last name	CARO QUINTERO · Caro · Quintero				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1442404				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · home.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.state.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-30	Last processed	2026-04-04	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

(also Raphael CARO QUINTERO )

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2026-03-30

(also Rafael CARO QUINTERO )

— US SAM Procurement Exclusions, 2026-03-30

Mexican drug lord (born 1952)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	OFAC		-	-

Agents
Agent	Role	Start date	End date
Diana Espinoza Aguilar Sanctioned entity	Acting for or on behalf of	-	-

Associates
Associate	Relationship	Start date	End date
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo	partner in business or sport	-	-

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Sanctions Close Associate of Notorious Drug Trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero	2020-12-02
Treasury Identifies Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker That Helps Fuel the U.S. Opioid Epidemic	2021-05-12

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List36,801

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United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,613

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United States · ITA

US SAM Procurement Exclusions106,706

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United States · GSA

External databases

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Wikidata327,982

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Press Releases8,856

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External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: usgsa-6dd90de733a1352d6dc661f4c433368dff3d2256 · ofac-pr-48f2c3e98ae06775de5bc8761123b12e4217e447 · usgsa-s4mr3qsyz · usgsa-s4mr3nwhh · ofac-6707 · usgsa-56753a0ae9efdb4058fc283eef01648b52b5d29a · ofac-pr-b837a073351078d15d4b8bdd7d8556b42724cb62

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Diana Espinoza Aguilar Sanctioned entity	spouse	2016-07-13	-
María Elizabeth Elenes Lerma	spouse	-	-
Carlos Caro Quintero	sibling	-	-
Miguel Caro Quintero	sibling	-	-