Sandoval Castaneda is alleged to have misappropriated state assets and received bribes from narcotics trafficking organizations, including CJNG, in exchange for information and protection. In addition, Sandoval Castaneda is alleged to have previously accepted bribes from the Beltran Leyva Organization, which President George W. Bush identified as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2008. Sandoval Castaneda also has ties to the Flores Drug Trafficking Organization and its leader, Raul Flores Hernandez, which OFAC identified as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2017. [1]
Information
| IDENTIFYING INFORMATION | Politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15.11.1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico |
| NATIONALITY | Mexico |
| COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE | Mexico |
| FULL NAME | Roberto Sandoval Castaneda |
| FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME(S) | Roberto |
| ALIASES | Castañeda |
| FAMILY MEMBERS | Ana Lilia Lopez Torres - wife Lidy Alejandra Sandoval Lopez - daughter Pablo Roberto Sandoval Lopez - son |
| FAMILY MEMBERS SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS | Ana Lilia Lopez Torres - wife Lidy Alejandra Sandoval Lopez - daughter Pablo Roberto Sandoval Lopez - son [1] |
| SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED LINKS TO LEGAL ENTITIES | Bodecarne, S.A. de C.V. (butcher business), Iyari (clothing and accessories store), L-Inmo, S.A. de C.V. (real estate holding company), and Valor y Principio de Dar, A. C. (land-holding foundation). [1] |
| SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED LINKS TO BANK ACCOUNTS | UIF has frozen 42 bank accounts linked to Sandoval which collectively contain almost 1.2 billion pesos (US $57.2 million). Among those that have been blocked are the accounts of his wife, daughter and son. [1] |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS FROZEN OR CONFISCATED | Unknown |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS RETURNED | None |
| SANCTIONS REGIMES | US Global Magnitsky Sanctions. [1] |
| START OF SANCTIONS | 17.05.2019 [1] |