Overview

• OFAC designations immediately block any U.S.-held assets of the listed parties and generally bar U.S. persons from conducting transactions with them, including entities majority-owned by designees.
• Those sanctioned include members of the Favela López family — Víctor Andrés, Francisco, Jorge Luis and María Gabriela — as well as Jairo Verdugo Araujo, Gilberto Gallardo García, César Elías López Araujo and intermediary Martha Emilia Conde Uraga.
• Companies named span chemical suppliers and lab-equipment sellers such as Sumilab, Agrolaren, Viand, Favelab, Favela Pro (Fagalab), Qui Lab, Storelab and Macerlab, plus Conde Uraga-linked Viosma, Prolimph, Proveedora de Servicios de Salud Mental del Pacífico and Roco del Pacífico Inmobiliaria.
• Treasury notes Sumilab was first designated in May 2023 and alleges the network kept supplying precursors by stripping signage, changing business names, altering registries and inserting front owners.
• Officials say the action builds on the Sinaloa Cartel’s February 2025 terrorist designation and targets chemical and equipment pipelines supporting clandestine labs attributed to the Los Chapitos faction.