Flavio Méndez Santiago (alias El Amarillo) is a Mexican drug lord of Los Zetas.Mexico announces capture of one of the founders of Los Zetas. CNN News. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
Kingpin Act sanction On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Méndez Santiago 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. 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.
Arrest He was captured on January 18, 2011 in Villa de Etla, Oaxaca.Mexico Police: Founding Member Of Zetas Captured
See also List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
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