Career
On November 10, 1997, Adán Amezcua was arrested in his hometown of Colima, Colonel, Mexico, on weapons charges. Two years later in March 1999, Adán Amezcua was arrested on money laundering charges. The charges were however dropped 2 months later and he was released.
On October 2, 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Amezcua Contreras under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Acting (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Acting"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with nine other international criminals and six entities.
The act prohibited United States. citizens and companies from doing any king of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the United States.
