Roberto Sandoval Castañeda (born 15 November 1969) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

[2] Known as "El Roberto", Governor Sandoval became one of the richest men in Nayarit, allegedly by embezzling state funds, extorting businesses, overseeing kidnapping for ransom, and closely collaborating with drug dealers.

[3] The United States Department of the Treasury declared Roberto Sandoval Castañeda and judge Isidro Avelar Gutiérrez "significant drug dealers" on May 17, 2019.

[4] Sandoval Castañeda, his wife, his and children were banned from entering the United States on February 28, 2020.

[5] A Mexican judge ordered the arrest of Sandoval Castañeda and his daughter Lidy on charges of money laundering on March 1, 2021.