Ricardo Ruiz Velasco

Sanctioned entity

Born 13 Sep 1984 (42 years old),Mexico. Named in 3 sanctions listings.

Summary

Jurisdiction:

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations Narcotics importation

Es un alto teniente del CJNG cercano a El Mencho y esta afiliado a una unidad de fuerzas especiales del CJNG. También ha sido responsable de la comunicación pública y la propaganda del CJNG. Ruiz ha estado implicado en asesinatos de alto perfil en México durante mas de una década, incluyendo un ataque mortal contra policías mexicanos y los asesinatos de un funcionario del estado de Jalisco y una modelo venezolana. Recientemente, Ruiz fue identificado como el principal sospechoso del femicidio de su presunta pareja, la influencer mexicana de redes sociales Valeria Márquez, quien fue asesinada durante una transmisión en vivo. El brutal ataque pone de relieve la brutal prevalencia del feminicidio, o asesinato de mujeres por su genero, en México.

NCIC #: W

Sanctions and listings3

Listed
18 Jun 2025
Counter Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions - ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059
Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States
ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059, block and SDGT
Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
Executive Order 13224 (Terrorism)
Executive Order 14059 (Illicit Drugs)
Programme US-NARCOReference 54354treasury.gov ofac.treasury.gov
Listed
18 Sep 2025
Effective
18 Jun 2025
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
sam.gov
Listed
26 Mar 2026
OFAC - SDN List; ARG List
Ministerio de Justicia; MRECIyC - MSGArgentina RePET SanctionsArgentina
Referencia publicada: SDNTK; ILLICIT - DRUGS - EO14059; SDGTArP.00254
repet.jus.gob.ar

Connections1

Identifiers3

Identifier	Number	Issued by
ID number	RUVR840913HJCZLC06
Clave única de registro de población (c u r p )	RUVR840913HJCZLC06	Mexico
C u r p	RUVR840913HJCZLC06	Mexico

Other names8

Also known as5

a.k.a.a.k.a. "El Tripa"a.k.a. "El RR"RUIZ VELASCO, RicardoRicardo Ruiz-Velasco

Weak aliases3

Spellings the source flags as too generic to establish a match on their own.

Doble REl TripaEl RR

Addresses1

Mexico

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