Type

Person

Name
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar

Also known as
Hector Luis Palma Salazar · PALMA SALAZAR, Hector Luis · El Güero · El Güero Palma · El Guero · Héctor Palma · PALMA SALAZAR, Héctor Luis

Script aliases
LATIN SCRIPT
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
Hector Luis Palma Salazar
PALMA SALAZAR, Hector Luis
El Güero
El Güero Palma
OTHER SCRIPTS
Έκτορ Λουίς Πάλμα Σαλαζάρ (Greek)
هيكتور لويس بالما سالازار (Arabic)
埃克托尔·路易斯·帕尔马·萨拉萨尔 (Chinese)
(Armenian)

Date of birth
5 April 1960

Place of birth
Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico

Gender
Male

Citizenship
🇲🇽 Mexico (MX)

Nationality
Mexican

Occupation
Drug Trafficker

Position
Co-founder, Sinaloa Cartel
Associate of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera

First name
Héctor · Hector

Last name
Palma Salazar

Middle name
Luis

OFAC ID
7821
· Program SDNTK

Program IDs
US-SDNTK
US-SAM
US-ITA-CSL

Risk categories
• Sanctions
• SIP

Linked Entities
Erick Rolando
Jose
Mauricio Alberto
Juan Manuel
Eduardo
Marco Antonio
Joaquin
Marcos Arturo
Alfredo
Jose Ramon
Hector
Adan
Francisco Javier
Jesus
Samuel
Luis Francisco

Note: Source data records given names only for these 16 linked individuals. No surnames, relationship types, or entity statuses are provided in the underlying screening report.

Sanctions

🇺🇸 United States — OFAC (SDNTK — Narcotics Kingpin)
Active

Sanctioning Authority
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Program
SDNTK — Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker Kingpin

Listing ID
7821

Listed On
June 2003

Parent Program
US-NARCO

List
USA — SDN List / USA — SDNTK

Designated as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker Kingpin in June 2003 for narcotics trafficking. Also listed on US SAM Procurement Exclusions (TREAS-OFAC Reciprocal program) and the US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL).

🇺🇸 United States — Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)
Active

List Type
US Trade Consolidated Screening List — Export Denial

Listed as an individual denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that would violate the terms of their denial order are prohibited.

Database Coverage

Sanctions

Listed

PEP
Listed
Warnings & Regulatory Enforcement
Listed
Special Interest Person (SIP)
Listed
PEP Level 1
Not Listed
PEP Level 2
Not Listed
PEP Level 3
Not Listed
PEP Level 4
Not Listed
Special Interest Entity (SIE)
Not Listed
Fitness & Probity
Not Listed
Insolvency
Not Listed
Relatives & Close Associates (RCA)
Not Listed

Sources
🇺🇸
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) — SDN and Blocked Persons List
US Treasury SDNTK designation. Listing ID 7821. Listed June 2003 under the Narcotics Trafficker Kingpin program (US-NARCO).

🇺🇸
US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)
Individuals and entities denied export privileges by the US federal government. Maintained by the International Trade Administration.

🇺🇸
US SAM Procurement Exclusions
Federal procurement exclusion records. Reciprocal TREAS-OFAC program. Updated daily.

📁
El Diario (via AML Watcher Internal Database)
Adverse media sourced via the AML Watcher Internal Database. AML Watcher is not responsible for the content of third-party sources.

🇞🇳
Wikipedia — List of Criminals
Wikipedia list of crime bosses; source of the SIP classification for awaiting-trial status and Warnings and Regulatory Enforcement listing.

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