I will post the other updates (the Russia-related General License updates and the updated FAQs) separately. But here are the designations from the OFAC Notice:

Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations; Issuance of Amended Russia-related General Licenses; Publication of Updated Russia-related Frequently Asked Questions

Treasury Press Release:

Secretary Bessent Orders Sanctions Against Violent Mexican Cartel

Additions:

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Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations

CARTEL DE SANTA ROSA DE LIMA

AKAs: SANTA ROSA DE LIMA CARTEL, “CSRL”1

• Address: Mexico
• Organization Established Date: 2014
• Target Type: Criminal Organization

Supplemental Information: According to the Treasury press release, the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) is a Guanajuato-based criminal organization that derives the vast majority of its illicit revenue from industrial-scale fuel and oil theft (known as “huachicol”) from Mexico’s state-owned energy company, Pemex.² The group engages in a violent conflict with the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) for control of the “Bermuda Triangle” region in Guanajuato, where critical pipelines and a refinery are located.³ CSRL steals fuel by bribing employees, tapping pipelines, and hijacking trucks, selling it on the black market or smuggling crude oil into the U.S. disguised as waste oil.⁴

YEPEZ ORTIZ, Jose Antonio

AKAs: “El Marro”

• Address: Mexico
• DOB: 23 Jul 1980
• POB: Guanajuato, Mexico
• Nationality: Mexico
• Gender: Male
• C.U.R.P.: YEOA800723HGTPRN07 (Mexico)
• Type: (individual)

Linked to: CARTEL DE SANTA ROSA DE LIMA

Supplemental Information: Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz, also known as “El Marro” (The Sledgehammer), is the leader of the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima.⁵ Although he was arrested in August 2020 and is currently serving a 60-year sentence in Mexico, U.S. officials state he continues to orchestrate the cartel’s operations from prison by sending instructions through lawyers and family members.⁶

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