Template:Did you know nominations/Abel Briones Ruiz

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

• ... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities with Abel Briones Ruiz (pictured)? Source: "As a result of today’s action, all assets of these entities and individuals that are based in the United States or in the control of U.S. persons are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them." (USDOT)
  • ALT1:... that Mexican businessman Abel Briones Ruiz (pictured) faces up to life imprisonment and US$10 million in fines for a single charge? Source: "If convicted [for possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine], they each face no less than 10 years and up to life in federal prison as well as a possible $10 million maximum fine." (USDOJ)
  • ALT2:... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in business activities with a company owned by Mexican businessman Abel Briones Ruiz (pictured)? Source: "As a result of today’s action, all assets of these entities and individuals that are based in the United States or in the control of U.S. persons are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them." (USDOT)
  • ALT3:... that the U.S. and Mexican bank accounts of Abel Briones Ruiz (pictured) are frozen? Source: "As a result of today’s action, all assets of these entities and individuals that are based in the United States or in the control of U.S. persons are frozen ..." "La UIF también ordenó el congelamiento de las cuentas de las empresas y las personas señaladas... / The UIF also ordered for all of bank accounts tied to the sanctioned individuals and companies to be frozen." (USDOT) (Periodico Palacio)

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/William Goldman (photographer)
• Comment: This is my first time doing a pictured hook. I'm OK not doing it given how sensitive the topic in question is.

Created by MX (talk). Self-nominated at 00:59, 19 December 2019 (UTC).

• Minor side comment: I have templated the image as distorted on Commons; it should be fixed before going up. HLHJ (talk) 20:03, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

• @HLHJ: Thanks for the heads-up. I have no idea how to do that, however. MX (✉ • ✎) 21:28, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Some people have tools for it on Commons, and will probably fix without your intervention; if you're getting queued and it's still a problem, ping me and I'll figure it out. HLHJ (talk) 21:54, 21 December 2019 (UTC)