Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sauceda and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.

Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa
Born	ca. 1965 Tamaulipas, Mexico[1]
Other names	El Goyo,[2] Metro-2, Caramuela
Occupation	Lieutenant
Employer	Los Zetas

Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa is a Mexican illegal drug trafficker of the Los Zetas, when Los Zetas were the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel.^[3][4]

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]

See also

• List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
• Gulf Cartel
• Los Zetas

References

1. OpenSanctions.org: Gregorio SAUCEDA GAMBOA
2. Detiene la Policia Federal a Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, alias "El Goyo" y/o "El Caramuela, presunto integrante del Cartel del Golfo en Tamaulipas. Office of the President. Federal Government of Mexico. 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
3. "Los Zetas Founder Arrested". Friend of Ours. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
4. "Mexico arrests 'drug gang boss'". BBC News. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
5. "Capturan al Caramuela" (in Spanish). 30 April 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
6. "Mexico nabs a 'most-wanted' drug trafficker". Associated Press (AP). NBC News News. April 30, 2009. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
7. "DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 15 May 2014. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
8. "An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.