March 11, 1975 - Flavio Méndez Santiago
A senior figure within Los Zetas during one of the cartel's most violent periods of expansion, Méndez Santiago operated at a level that drew formal U.S. government designation under the Kingpin Act alongside dozens of other international trafficking figures. The sanction — freezing his U.S. assets and severing him from American financial and commercial networks — reflected the cross-border reach of his operations before his capture in Oaxaca in early 2011.
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Flavio Méndez Santiago (alias El Amarillo) is a Mexican drug lord of Los Zetas.
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. 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.
Arrest
He was captured on January 18, 2011 in Villa de Etla, Oaxaca.
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