Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa
Mexican drug lord
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Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa is a Mexican illegal drug trafficker of the Gulf Cartel.[3][4]
Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa | |
|---|---|
| Born | ca. 1965 |
| Other names | El Goyo,[2] Metro-2, Caramuela |
| Occupation | Lieutenant |
| Employer(s) | Ministerial Police, Gulf Cartel, Los Metros |
| Successor | Samuel Flores Borrego |
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]
