Category: Narcotics Trafficking

September 16, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 1: Removals from Russian and Counter-Narcotics programs

Russia-related Designations Removals; Counter Narcotics Designation Removal; Issuance of Amended Venezuela General License and Frequently Asked Question

Delistings:

The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [SDNTK] Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

VEGA SANCHEZ, Jose Raul, c/o AGRICOLA GAXIOLA S.A. DE C.V., Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; c/o INMUEBLES SIERRA VISTA S.A. DE C.V., Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; c/o TEMPLE DEL PITIC S.A. DE C.V., Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; DOB 19 Oct 1956; POB Cananea, Sonora, Mexico; nationality Mexico; citizen Mexico; C.U.R.P. VESR561019HSRGNL09 (Mexico); alt. C.U.R.P. VEXR561019HSRGXL05 (Mexico) (individual).

OFAC Program: [RUSSIA-EO14024] Executive Order 14024

BOMATTER, Hans Peter, La Zubia, Spain; DOB 19 May 1965; POB Schattdorf, Switzerland; nationality Switzerland; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Passport F3848406 (Switzerland) (individual) (Linked To: TAMYNA AG).

MODULSAN MAKINA KESICI TAKIM VE DISLI SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI, 1CA Blok, 1575. Sokak No. 1 CA/2, Akcaburgaz Mahallesi, Esenyurt 34522, Turkey; Website http://www.modulsan.com; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Organization Established Date 09 Oct 2006; Tax ID No. 3340494281 (Turkey); Identification Number 0334049428100019 (Turkey); Registration Number 602993 (Turkey).

September 16, 2026

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Designations, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Russia
September 16, 2026: Sanctions-Adjacent – Annual Determination of Major Drug Producing and Transit Countries

Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2027

MEDIA NOTE

OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2026

The following is a Presidential Determination submitted to Congress September 15, 2026:

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 706(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228) (FRAA), I hereby identify the following countries as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries: Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

A country’s presence on the foregoing list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s current counterdrug efforts, or coordination with the United States.  Consistent with the statutory definition of a major drug transit or drug producing country set forth in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries are placed on the list due to a combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow drugs or precursor chemicals to transit or be produced, even if a government has engaged in robust and diligent narcotics control and law enforcement measures.

Pursuant to section 706(2)(A) of the FRAA, I hereby designate Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia as having failed demonstrably during the previous 12 months to make substantial efforts to adhere to their obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and to take the counternarcotics measures required by 22 U.S.C. § 2291h(a)(1).  Included with this determination are justifications for the designations of Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia as described in section 706(2)(B) of the FRAA.  I have also determined, in accordance with section 706(3)(A) of the FRAA, that provision of United States assistance to Bolivia, Burma and Colombia is currently vital to the national interests of the United States.

My Administration has made historic progress in protecting the American people from deadly drugs and vicious narcoterrorist organizations.  Under my Administration, our southern border is the most sealed and secure in American history, thanks to the largest investments in border security and law enforcement in our Nation’s history.  After four years of open border chaos, seizures of fentanyl and other drugs being smuggled into the United States have been reduced by more than half, and drug overdose deaths have plunged.  My Administration has saved tens of thousands of American lives from this scourge.  The narcoterrorists responsible for this invasion are either dead, in jail, or living in fear knowing they will be next to face American justice.  I have unleashed the strongest military in the history of the world to strike narcoterrorists wherever they threaten our country.  Behind the might of the American military, my Administration has destroyed cartel infrastructure, shut down former trafficking highways across sea and land borders, and captured and killed hundreds of the most vicious narcoterrorists.  Under the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, an alliance with over a dozen countries in the Western Hemisphere, we have achieved historic results, drastically reducing United States-bound drug flows and seizing billions of dollars of illicit cartel finances.  United States law enforcement agencies are reporting record drug seizures, and our allies are extraditing more cartel bosses to the United States than ever before.  We have inflicted unprecedented losses on our enemies, and we are just getting started.

While my Administration has successfully secured our borders from invasion, Canada and Mexico need to do far more to stop the flows of deadly drugs into our country.  Fentanyl continues to be illicitly produced in clandestine Canadian labs, and precursor chemicals and synthetic drugs continue to enter the United States through Canada.  Canada needs to take meaningful action to dismantle drug labs, strengthen supply chain security, and degrade criminal networks and Chinese gangs operating along our northern border.  We recognize Mexican President Sheinbaum’s administration for seizing greater volumes of drugs, dismantling clandestine laboratories, and deploying additional law enforcement and military resources to our shared border.  Additionally, United States-Mexican security cooperation has helped eliminate some of the world’s most notorious cartel bosses, including “El Mencho.” However, Mexico must take additional action against the narcoterrorist organizations that dominate vast areas of its territory and continue to threaten the American people.  Mexico needs to bolster supply chain integrity by soliciting greater private industry participation and significantly increasing inspections at its ports of entry. Additionally, Mexico’s current investments in its security forces are insufficient to sustain and expand its campaigns against narcoterrorists, their finances, and their criminal networks.  This includes exposing, arresting, and prosecuting the many corrupt public officials that have aided and abetted the cartels and betrayed their own country’s security and sovereignty.

The drug threat to America extends beyond our northern and southern borders.  The PRC continues to be the world’s largest producer of many of the precursor chemicals used to illicitly produce fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly synthetic drugs.  I have raised this directly with State Chairman Xi Jinping, and last year, at my request, the PRC implemented new requirements for its companies to obtain licenses before exporting designated precursor chemicals to North America.  However, criminals continue to find ways around these controls through the use of unregulated precursor chemicals.  The PRC needs to take more aggressive action to effectively reduce the flow of these substances by scheduling additional chemical precursors and substances requested by the United States.  This enhanced cooperation will enable timely prosecution of the criminals responsible for supplying drug traffickers with deadly precursor chemicals.

Other governments have taken measures to confront drug trafficking and narcoterrorism. Dramatic political changes in South America over the past year have created historic openings for United States cooperation with governments in the region.  In Venezuela, thanks to my Administration’s arrest and removal of former illegitimate dictator and drug trafficker Nicolás Maduro, we are already seeing the results of growing cooperation with the country’s interim government against cartels, including the elimination of Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero. Given the positive steps taken under interim President Delcy Rodríguez, I have determined Venezuela should no longer be designated as having failed demonstrably to fulfill its drug control commitments.  I expect to see continued, measurable progress from the interim government in dismantling narcoterrorist groups and stopping drug trafficking through Venezuela to the United States.

After decades of inept socialist governments, the United States welcomed the Bolivian people’s democratic choice in the 2025 elections and the opportunity to open a new chapter in United States-Bolivia relations under President Rodrigo Paz.  Cooperation between Bolivia and the United States has significantly expanded over the last year, and I welcome the resumption of law enforcement coordination between our governments to target illicit drug production and criminal networks.  Bolivia’s extradition of narcoterrorist Sebastián Marset to the United States in March 2026 highlighted our growing friendship and cooperation and prevented one of our hemisphere’s most notorious drug traffickers from shipping more drugs to American communities.  However, the new government has not yet had sufficient time to reduce coca cultivation that increased under the previous government. Corruption in Bolivia continues to facilitate drug trafficking and impede investigations.  If Bolivia can demonstrate progress in reducing illicit drug production in the coming year, and make substantive progress in tackling the endemic corruption weakening Bolivia, I will consider revisiting its status as having failed demonstrably to uphold its counterdrug commitments.

The people of Colombia made the courageous choice to elect Abelardo de la Espriella as President.  He has pledged to lead an aggressive campaign against coca cultivation and cocaine production, which reached record levels under the failed socialist policies of his predecessor. Colombia is poised to resume its place as our foremost security partner in the hemisphere, and the country’s military, police, prosecutors, and courts now finally have a worthy champion in President de la Espriella.  If, as expected, Colombia makes progress on aggressive coca eradication and dismantling its narcoterrorist networks over the coming year, I will consider lifting the country’s “failed demonstrably” status, which remains in place solely due to the incompetence and chaos produced by the previous far-left government in office throughout the bulk of the past year.

I welcome Prime Minister Modi and the Government of India’s efforts to address illicit opium poppy cultivation and bolster supply chain integrity.  I look forward to continued cooperation through the United States-India Drug Policy Framework.  In Peru, I likewise welcome the commitment of new President Keiko Fujimori to work with the United States and other allies to destroy the criminals ailing Peru and reduce cocaine flows bound for the United States.  I also applaud three of America’s greatest allies in our hemisphere – Argentina, Ecuador, and El Salvador – for their leadership, resolve, and success in the fight against narcoterrorism.

While many governments in the Western Hemisphere are taking courageous action to reduce drug flows and eradicate cartels, the Government of Brazil has failed to confront the designated foreign terrorist organizations Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho, which have transformed Brazil into a hub for global cocaine flows.  These Brazilian terrorist organizations are a growing threat to peace and security around the world, and Brazil’s government urgently must take aggressive measures to confront and defeat them before they spread and grow. Unsurprisingly, for a socialist dictatorship, the illegitimate Ortego-Murillo regime in Nicaragua has failed to take sufficient action against drug trafficking and the complicity of regime actors in the drug trade.

In Burma, the military regime has made little discernible effort to crack down on its drug economy, making the country the world’s largest source of opium poppy and one of the largest suppliers of methamphetamine. Despite the Taliban’s announced opium poppy ban, Afghanistan continues to supply drug markets across the world, likely funding Islamist terrorism.  For these reasons, I am again determining that Burma and Afghanistan have failed demonstrably to uphold their drug control obligations.

You are authorized and directed to submit this determination, with the accompanying memoranda of justification, under Section 706 of the FRAA, to the Congress, and to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

September 16, 2026

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Determinations, Narcotics Trafficking, US State Department (US)
August 20, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 1: Cuba, Counter-Terror, Counter-Narcotics and Iran Designations
Counter Narcotics, Counter Terrorism, Cuba-related, and Iran-related Designations; Issuance of Russia-related General License; Issuance of Associated Frequently Asked Questions

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Major Ecuador-Based Cocaine Network Linked to Violent Gangs and Mexican Cartels

State Press Release: Sanctioning Ecuador-based Cocaine Network Linked to Violent Gangs and Mexican Cartels

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Increases Sanctions on Hizballah and Targets Network Smuggling Millions in Cash for Hizballah

State Press Release: U.S. Sanctions Smuggling Network for Qods Force and Hizballah

State Press Release: Imposing Sanctions on Cuban Regime Actors Associated with Marxist Subversive Networks and Corrupt Economic Dealings

State Fact Sheet: Imposing Sanctions on Cuban Regime Actors Associated with Marxist Subversive Networks and Corrupt Economic Dealings – Fact Sheet

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

ALARCON HOLGUIN, Jimmy Leonidas

Address: Ecuador

DOB: 06 Mar 1987

POB: Manta, Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Cedula No.: 1312277484 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Along with Byron Aladino Mero Bermello, Alarcon Holguin is responsible for coordinating the refueling of cocaine-laden vessels en route to Mexico. He owns or controls six Ecuador-based entities – Alho Fish, S.A., Globaldistrial, S.A.S., JAH-HMH, S.A.S., Negocios Jimar, S.A.S., Proyectos Neyzoa S.A.S., and Soisamar, S.A.S. – all but one of which (Globaldistrial, which trades in construction materials) are marine fishing companies.

MERO ARCENTALES, Edwar Alexis

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

DOB: 01 Jul 1980

POB: Manta, Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Cedula No.: 1309153755 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Son of Alfonso Mero Mero. Utilizing the family’s fishing vessel network operated through Arcasdenoe, S.A., he and his brother Roberth Alfonso Mero Arcentales are responsible for smuggling thousands of kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico and for providing refueling services to go-fast vessels crossing the Eastern Pacific. Along the trafficking route, these fishing vessels – using government-subsidized fuel – provide refueling, food, and medical services to cocaine-laden vessels at coordinated locations to ensure their passage to Mexico. He also engages in narcotics trafficking activities in coordination with Los Choneros.

MERO ARCENTALES, Roberth Alfonso

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

DOB: 01 Dec 1970

POB: Manta, Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Cedula No.: 1306376458 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Son of Alfonso Mero Mero. Utilizing the family’s fishing vessel network operated through Arcasdenoe, S.A., he and his brother Edwar Alexis Mero Arcentales are responsible for smuggling thousands of kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico and for providing refueling services to go-fast vessels crossing the Eastern Pacific.

MERO BERMELLO, Byron Aladino

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

DOB: 15 Jul 1983

POB: Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Cedula No.: 1310415516 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Along with Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin, he is responsible for coordinating the refueling of cocaine-laden vessels en route to Mexico.

MERO MERO, Alfonso

Address: Ecuador

DOB: 27 May 1945

POB: Montecristi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Identification Number: 1300092499 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Patriarch of the Mero family fishing operation. Together with his sons Roberth Alfonso Mero Arcentales and Edwar Alexis Mero Arcentales, he uses the family’s fishing vessel network, operated through Arcasdenoe, S.A., to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico and to provide refueling services to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific.

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

MARTINEZ MENDOZA, Milton Edixson

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

DOB: 31 Aug 1971

POB: Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Cedula No.: 1307290450 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to:

Los Lobos Drug Trafficking Organization

Los Choneros

Supplemental Information: Supports Los Lobos and Los Choneros and has coordinated the transport of thousands of kilos of cocaine via go-fast vessels en route to Mexico.

MERO FRANCO, Julio Javier

AKA: “Javico”

Address: Ecuador

DOB: 09 Aug 1991

POB: Manta, Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

License: 1313833186 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Los Choneros

Supplemental Information: A fishing vessel operator who supports Los Choneros and has coordinated the transport of approximately 30-40 tons of cocaine a month from Ecuador to Central America and Mexico.

VERA LAZ, Jhonny Francisco

AKA: “Baron Poncho”

Address: Ecuador

DOB: 09 Aug 1996

POB: Manta, Manabi, Ecuador

Nationality: Ecuador

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Cedula No.: 1308357084 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Mero Franco, Julio Javier

Supplemental Information: Operates on behalf of Julio Mero Franco and has trafficked thousands of kilograms of cocaine a month from the coastline of Ecuador to Mexico.

OFAC Program: [SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

ACUR, Mehmet

AKA: AJUR, Mehmet

Address: Kangal Sokak 6 4, Fatih Yavuz Sultan Selim Mah., Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 19 Aug 1982

POB: Midyat, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: U28821454 (Turkey) expires 29 May 2033

National ID No.: 31250176566 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

AKYUZ, Mehmet

Address: Oksuzler Sokak 10 2, Fatih Iskenderpasha Mah., Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 01 Jan 1983

POB: Midyat, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: U36466313 (Turkey) expires 25 Jun 2034

National ID No.: 29537233644 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

AKYUZ, Vasfi

Address: 14112 Sokak Door: 47, Seyhan-Daghkioghlu Mah., Adana, Turkey

DOB: 01 Aug 1969

POB: Mardin, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 29570232550 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: Coordinated logistics for Yilmaz’s network of couriers and also participated as a courier himself.

AYAZ, Emrah

Address: Genclik Sokak 5 2, Bahchelievler Fevzichakmak Mah., Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 02 Oct 1984

POB: Adana, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 54121688050 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

KARASALIH, Feyyad

Addresses:

United Arab Emirates

Turkey

DOB: 27 May 2002

POB: Hatay, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: U25359263 (Turkey) expires 29 Nov 2031

National ID No.: 47935114464 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

MOUSAFAR, Masoud

Address: Turkey

DOB: 23 Sep 1980

Nationality: Iran

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: K34425246 (Iran) expires 01 Aug 2020

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

SAVCI, Gulay Kaya

AKA: SAVJI, Gulay Kaya

Address: Merkez Mah. Deste Sokak 18 8, Kagithane, Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 14 Nov 1980

POB: Istanbul, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Female

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 34088200656 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Hizballah

Supplemental Information: A courier in the Yilmaz-led network who has covertly carried cash intended for Hizballah on commercial flights to Lebanon.

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[IFSR] Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561

DEDE, Onder

Address: Gamze Sokak 15 3, Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 10 Aug 1972

POB: Cankiri, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 17380793996 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force

Supplemental Information: A courier who collects cash from Turkiye-based exchange houses on behalf of Yunus Alper Yilmaz’s network.

KACMAZ, Halil Ibrahim

AKA: KACHMAZ, Halil

Address: Turkey

DOB: 02 Mar 1971

POB: Mardin, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 62719131246 (Turkey)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force

Supplemental Information: A courier who collects cash from Turkiye-based exchange houses on behalf of Yunus Alper Yilmaz’s network.

YILMAZ, Yunus Alper

Addresses:

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

DOB: 1982

POB: Mersin, Turkey

Nationality: Turkey

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force

Supplemental Information: A Turkish businessman who manages the network of couriers responsible for moving cash between other countries in the region and Hizballah’s base in Lebanon. He abuses certain Turkiye-based exchange houses as fronts for his business dealings and provided front companies and bank accounts for money transfers connected with the IRGC-QF. His associates include couriers Halil Ibrahim Kacmaz and Onder Dede, who collect cash from the exchange houses, and Vasfi Akyuz, who has coordinated logistics for the couriers and also participates as a courier himself.

OFAC Program: [CUBA-EO14404] Executive Order 14404

GONZALEZ LLORT, Fernando

Address: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

DOB: 18 Aug 1963

POB: Havana, Cuba

Nationality: Cuba

Gender: Male

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples

Supplemental Information: President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and one of the “Cuban Five” group of Cuban intelligence officers arrested in 1998; he was released from U.S. custody to Cuba in 2014. A convicted Cuban spy who served 15 years in U.S. prison for his role in the Wasp Network, a Cuban spy ring uncovered in Florida in the late 1990s, he has continued efforts to destabilize the United States following his return to Cuba through his involvement with ICAP. Designated pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(E) of E.O. 14404 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of ICAP.

MARTINEZ FREIRE, Leima

Address: Havana, Cuba

DOB: 23 Dec 1980

POB: Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba

Nationality: Cuba

Gender: Female

Passport: A008893 (Cuba)

National ID No.: 80122305756 (Cuba)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples

Supplemental Information: Serves as ICAP’s North America Director. Designated pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(E) of E.O. 14404 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of ICAP.

RABAZA FERNANDEZ, Noemi Ramona

Address: Havana, Cuba

DOB: 13 Jan 1965

POB: Bayamo, Granma, Cuba

Nationality: Cuba

Gender: Female

Passport: A015779 (Cuba)

National ID No.: 65011321470 (Cuba)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples

Supplemental Information: Serves as First Vice-President of ICAP. Designated pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(E) of E.O. 14404 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of ICAP.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

ALHO FISH, S.A.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 06 Nov 2009

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391767943001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin.

ARCASDENOE, S.A.

AKA: EXPORTADORA Y EMPACADORA ARCASDENOE, S.A.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Website: http://www.arcasdenoe.com

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391785844001 (Ecuador)

Registration Number: 50193 (Ecuador)

Linked to:

Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Mero Mero, Alfonso

Supplemental Information: The fishing vessel family business through which Alfonso Mero Mero and his sons, Roberth Alfonso Mero Arcentales and Edwar Alexis Mero Arcentales, are responsible for smuggling thousands of kilograms of cocaine from South America to Mexico and for providing refueling services to go-fast vessels used to transport cocaine across the Eastern Pacific.

GLOBALDISTRIAL, S.A.S.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 23 Apr 2024

Organization Type: Wholesale of construction materials, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies

RUC #: 1391936314001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin, and the only one of the six not engaged in marine fishing.

JAH-HMH, S.A.S.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 24 Oct 2024

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391937025001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin.

NEGOCIOS JIMAR, S.A.S.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 01 Jun 2022

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391932622001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin.

PROYECTOS NEYZOA, S.A.S.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 06 Apr 2022

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391932427001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin.

SOISAMAR, S.A.S.

Address: Manabi, Ecuador

Organization Established Date: 31 Mar 2021

Organization Type: Marine Fishing

RUC #: 1391924267001 (Ecuador)

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of six Ecuador-based entities owned or controlled by Jimmy Leonidas Alarcon Holguin.

OFAC Program: [CUBA-EO14404] Executive Order 14404

ACINOX COMERCIAL

AKA: EMPRESA ACINOX COMERCIAL S.A.

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 1990

Organization Type: Manufacture of basic iron and steel

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: A Cuban state-owned enterprise that facilitates the import and export of metallurgical goods and industrial equipment. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404 for operating in or having operated in the metals and mining sector of the Cuban economy.

AGENCIA DE CONTRATACION A REPRESENTACIONES COMERCIALES S.A.

AKA: ACOREC S.A.

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 22 Oct 1991

Organization Type: Other human resources provision

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 60260 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Supplies Cuban labor to foreign entities operating in Cuba and is reported to have garnished over 90 percent of the wages paid by foreign entities for that labor. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba.

CORATUR S.A.

AKA: CORPORACION DE ABASTECIMIENTO AL TURISMO S.A.

Address: Miramar, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 1998

Organization Type: Non-specialized wholesale trade

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 60418 (Cuba)

Linked to: Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior

Supplemental Information: Manages international trade, import-export operations, and foreign market partnerships. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior (GECOMEX).

EMPRESA CENTRAL DE ABASTECIMIENTO Y VENTAS DE EQUIPOS DE TRANSPORTE PESADO Y SUS PIEZAS

AKA: “TRANSIMPORT”

Address: Marianao, Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 1962

Organization Type: Sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 5445 (Cuba)

Linked to: Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior

Supplemental Information: Known as TRANSIMPORT; has imported over $5 million worth of vehicles, automotive parts, and industrial equipment in recent years. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior (GECOMEX).

EMPRESA COMERCIALIZADORA DE ARTICULOS EN GENERAL

AKA: CONSUMIMPORT

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 1962

Organization Type: Non-specialized wholesale trade

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 4967 (Cuba)

Linked to: Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior

Supplemental Information: Known as CONSUMIMPORT; imports and exports a wide variety of goods, including appliances and construction materials. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Grupo Empresarial del Comercio Exterior (GECOMEX).

EMPRESA DE NIQUEL COMANDANTE ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

AKA: EMPRESA UAC VILLA CLARA

Address: Moa, Holguin, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 30 Apr 1990

Organization Type: Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: A state-owned enterprise dedicated to the extraction and processing of nickel and cobalt. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404 for operating in or having operated in the metals and mining sector of the Cuban economy.

EMPRESA IMPORTADORA EXPORTADORA Y COMERCIALIZADORA DE METALES

AKA: METALCUBA

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 15 Jan 2002

Organization Type: Wholesale of metals and metal ores

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 12591 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Known as METALCUBA; a Cuban state-owned enterprise that facilitates the import of heavy industrial products, including specialized fuel and metal components, on behalf of state and non-state actors. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404 for operating in or having operated in the metals and mining sector of the Cuban economy.

GRUPO EMPRESARIAL GEOMINERO SALINERO

AKA: GEOMINSAL

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 31 May 1981

Organization Type: Mining and Quarrying

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 2377 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Known as GEOMINSAL; develops and markets mineral resources and salt, and provides technical services associated with those industries. Designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba.

MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION OF CUBA

AKA:

“MICONS”

“MINCONS”

Address: Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 23 May 1963

Target Type: Government Entity

Supplemental Information: Implements the Cuban regime’s construction policy. Designated pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(F) of E.O. 14404 for being a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba.

The following vessels have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

ARCA DE NOE III (HC4100)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 1997

MMSI: 735058087

Registration Number: P-04-00583 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to:

Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Mero Arcentales, Roberth Alfonso

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

ARCA DE NOE III JR (HC6372)

AKA: “ARCA JR. 3”

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2019

Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 8456035

MMSI: 735059969

Registration Number: P-04-01069 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

ARCA DE NOE IV (HC4361)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2000

MMSI: 735058088

Registration Number: P-04-00679 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Mero, Alfonso

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

ARCA DE NOE V (HC4733)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2005

MMSI: 735058089

Registration Number: P-04-00777 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

CONQUISTA (HC4941)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 1985

MMSI: 735058723

Registration Number: P-06-05063 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

COSTA MARLIN (HC4338)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2000

MMSI: 735057861

Registration Number: P-04-01049 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

REY DE ARCA (HC4440)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2009

MMSI: 735058725

Registration Number: P-04-00850 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Mero, Alfonso

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

SIEMPRE MI ARCA (HC5299)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2011

Vessel Registration Identification: IMO 8555518

MMSI: 735058993

Registration Number: P-04-00905 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

SOLO ES MEJOR (HC6172)

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

Vessel Year of Build: 2012

MMSI: 735059710

Registration Number: P-04-00926 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to: Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: One of ten Ecuador-based fishing vessels that provide logistical support to go-fast vessels transporting cocaine across the Eastern Pacific by providing fuel, food, and medical services, as well as detecting and monitoring for law enforcement vessels.

TODOS VUELVEN (HC4983)

AKA:

“ARCA DE NOE I”

“MI NARCISA DE JESUS”

Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel

Vessel Flag: Ecuador

MMSI: 735058319

Registration Number: P-04-00819 (Ecuador)

Party Type: Vessel

Linked to:

Mero Arcentales, Edwar Alexis

Alarcon Holguin, Jimmy Leonidas

Supplemental Information: Unlike the other nine vessels in this group, which serve a purely logistics role, Todos Vuelven also transports multi-ton quantities of cocaine directly, in addition to providing fuel, food, medical services, and law-enforcement detection/monitoring support to go-fast vessels.

Amendments:

The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [CUBA-EO14404] Executive Order 14404

CUBAN INSTITUTE OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PEOPLES

AKA:

INSTITUTO CUBANO DE AMISTAD CON LOS PUEBLOS

“ICAP”

Addresses:

Calle 17 No. 301 e/ H e I, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Casa De La Amistad, Paseo e/ 17 y 19, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Casa Memorial Salvador Allende, Calle 13 Entre D y E, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Campamento Internacional Julio Antonio Mella Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 30 Dec 1960

Entity Code: 652 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Secretary of State Marco Rubio identified Casa De La Amistad, Casa Memorial Salvador Allende, and Campamento Internacional Julio Antonio Mella (CIJAM) as alternative addresses of ICAP, to be treated as sanctioned property. ICAP hosts international brigades at facilities across Cuba; the regime recently used Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday to ferry a new brigade of international sympathizers to Havana to network with regime officials.

List of Changes:

Field Name: Address

Added: Casa De La Amistad, Paseo e/ 17 y 19, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Added: Casa Memorial Salvador Allende, Calle 13 Entre D y E, Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Added: Campamento Internacional Julio Antonio Mella Caimito, Artemisa Province, Cuba

OFAC Programs:

[FTO] Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 597

[SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[IRGC] Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561

[IFSR] Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 561

HIZBALLAH

AKA:

ANSAR ALLAH

EXTERNAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION OF HEZBOLLAH

FOLLOWERS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMED

HIZBALLAH ESO

HIZBALLAH INTERNATIONAL

ISLAMIC JIHAD

ISLAMIC JIHAD FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE

ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION

LEBANESE HEZBOLLAH

LEBANESE HIZBALLAH

ORGANIZATION OF RIGHT AGAINST WRONG

ORGANIZATION OF THE OPPRESSED ON EARTH

PARTY OF GOD

REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE ORGANIZATION

“ESO”

“EXTERNAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION”

“EXTERNAL SERVICES ORGANIZATION”

“FOREIGN ACTION UNIT”

“FOREIGN RELATIONS DEPARTMENT”

“FRD”

“LH”

“SPECIAL OPERATIONS BRANCH”

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions Pursuant to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Type: Transnational Terrorist Group

Linked to: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force

Supplemental Information: Re-designated for service to the Iranian regime under the command of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), based on the IRGC-QF’s coordination of Hizballah attacks and deep involvement in directing Hizballah’s political decision-making. The investigation and disruption of the cash-courier network moving funds between the IRGC-QF and Hizballah was carried out in close coordination and collaboration with Turkish partners.

List of Changes:

Field Name: Organization Type

Added: Transnational Terrorist Group

Field Name: Program Tags

Added: [IRGC]

Added: [IFSR]

Field Name: Linked To

Added: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Qods Force

Press Chart: Ecuadorian Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Network

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Cuba, Designations, Iran, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Terrorism
August 7, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 1: removals from narcotics program, additions to Iran and counter-terror sanctions
Counter Terrorism and Iran-related Designations; Counter Narcotics Designations Removals; Issuance of Amended Iran-related Frequently Asked Question

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance

State Press Release: Targeting Digital Asset Exchanges Fueling the Iranian Regime

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Dismantles Iranian Regime’s Global Clandestine Currency Networks

State Press Release: Severing Iran’s Illicit Cash Pipeline

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [IRAN-EO13902]  Executive Order 13902

GHASEMPOUR, Saeed

AKA: GHASEMPUR, Sa’id

Address: Iran

DOB: 10 Feb 1980

POB: Babol, Iran

Nationality: Iran

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Gender: Male

National ID No.: 2060455065 (Iran)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: BANK-E SHAHR

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Ghasempour as a Shahr Bank employee who worked closely with FSAQ and Alps International and coordinated with Russia’s sanctioned VTB Bank on currency conversions. He is designated for having acted on behalf of Shahr Bank.

HENDI, Amir

Address: Iran

DOB: 05 Nov 1982

POB: Tehran, Iran

Nationality: Iran

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Gender: Male

National ID No.: 0074773585 (Iran)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: TITAN EXCHANGE

Supplemental Information: Treasury’s press release describes Hendi as an IT specialist who provided infrastructure support to Titan Exchange; the accompanying designation rationale cites his having acted on behalf of FSAQ rather than Titan Exchange directly.

MOHAMMAD, Peivand

AKA: MOHAMMAD, Peyvand

Address: Iran

DOB: 21 Jan 1991

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iran

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Gender: Male

National ID No.: 0013132229 (Iran)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: FARAB SOROUSH AFAGH QESHM COMPANY

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Mohammad as an FSAQ employee who, along with Shima Sharifi, coordinates invoices and payments enabling FSAQ’s sanctions evasion activities. He is designated for having acted on behalf of FSAQ.

SHARIFI, Shima

Address: Iran

DOB: 28 Jun 1992

POB: Tehran, Iran

Nationality: Iran

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Gender: Female

National ID No.: 0014985241 (Iran)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Sharifi, alongside Peivand Mohammad, as an FSAQ employee who coordinates invoices and payments enabling FSAQ’s sanctions evasion activities. Unlike Mohammad, Ghasempour, and Hendi, her SDN entry carries no Linked To party; Treasury’s designation basis for her is operating in the financial sector of the Iranian economy rather than acting on behalf of a specific party.

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[IRGC]  Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561

KAYVANPOUR, Siavash

AKA:

“HASHEM, Siavash”

“KAIVANPOUR, Siavash”

“KIWAN PORT, Siyawesh”

Address: Kish, Iran; Dubai, United Arab Emirates

DOB: 12 Jul 1979

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iran; alt. Dominica; alt. Afghanistan

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Gender: Male

Digital Currency Address – XBT: 15Zt2mKuQ5Qy6DEXfDcbtsEVneoGQQXrS4; alt. 1BUXxhcwzFukm9CUxnhag85sSXDkMRbXse

Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x8d79c73daae8630c88de372ba8f57592fa987607

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Digital Currency Address – TRX: TPgxjjB6AJeMSQFngbUM6dMMxPHa9GEtYa

Passport: RA003752 (Dominica)

National ID No.: 784-1979-5841714-5 (United Arab Emirates)

Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Kayvanpour as Iranian-born with additional citizenship from Dominica and Afghanistan, residing in the UAE and operating a multi-jurisdiction network of digital-currency companies. IRGC-linked digital currency addresses reportedly sent the equivalent of over $1 million to Shelbit Exchange addresses, with more than $2 million transferred back to IRGC addresses; addresses controlled by Kayvanpour separately sent over $2 million to the previously designated Nobitex exchange. He is designated under E.O. 13224, as amended, for materially assisting the IRGC and Nobitex. Treasury also ties the Shelbit platform to a Persian-language online gambling network run by two Iranian influencers — convicted of illegal gambling in Iran in 2023 but, per Treasury, still operating with access to Iran’s Central Bank-regulated payment system — through which tens of millions of dollars were laundered.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [IRAN-EO13902]  Executive Order 13902

ABAN TETHER EXCHANGE

AKA:

ABAN TABADEL ARSABARAN

ABANTETHER

Address: Ground Floor, No. 8, Gozar Merdad Alley, Qods Town (West), Tehran 1465663166, Iran

Website: abantether.com

Additional Sanctions Information: Subject to Secondary Sanctions

Organization Established Date: 26 Aug 2020

Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities

National ID No.: 14009392670 (Iran)

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Aban Tether as an Iran-based digital asset exchange that has processed millions of dollars in transactions involving other previously designated Iranian exchanges, including Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin, and Ramzinex. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

ALPS INTERNATIONAL L.L.C-FZ

Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Organization Established Date: 20 Dec 2022

License: 2205337.01 (United Arab Emirates); alt. DE7365 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Alps International as executing payments on behalf of FSAQ, generating invoices on the letterhead of whichever shell company is chosen to receive funds and coordinating payments through that shell’s bank accounts; in 2026 it reportedly enabled hundreds of millions of dollars in multi-currency transactions. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

AYDENIZ GENERAL TRADING L.L.C

Address: Office 1205, Riggat Al Buteen, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Organization Established Date: 18 Jul 2023

License: 1210220 (United Arab Emirates); alt. CH5145 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Aydeniz General Trading as a Dubai-based Iranian front company used to facilitate transactions with Iranian exchange houses, including Sadaf Exchange, which it ties to Iran’s military shadow-banking apparatus. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

BLUE DASH GENERAL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

Address: Unit 32, 3/F, Block A, The K-Star, Manning Industrial Building 118, How Ming St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Organization Established Date: 31 Jul 2019

Company Number: 2858512 (Hong Kong)

Business Registration Number: 71017662 (Hong Kong)

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Blue Dash as a Hong Kong front company that has been a recurring counterparty in Iranian shadow-banking activity, facilitating transactions for exchange houses such as Pedram Pirouzan and Amin Exchanges on behalf of sanctions evaders, including the Shamkhani shipping network. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

CAILAFANG PTE. LTD.

Address: 60, Paya Lebar Square, 54, Paya Lebar Road, Singapore

Organization Established Date: 15 Jan 2024

Registration Number: 202402130H (Singapore)

Supplemental Information: Treasury states Cailafang, a Singapore-based company, has been used by FSAQ and Alps International since late 2025 to enable tens of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian trade. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

GLEAMING HK TRADING LIMITED

Address: Unit 33A, 3/F, The K-Star, Manning Industrial Center, 116-118, How Ming St, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Organization Established Date: 09 Jun 2020

Company Number: 2950107 (Hong Kong)

Business Registration Number: 71948314 (Hong Kong)

Supplemental Information: Treasury pairs Gleaming HK Trading with Blue Dash as a recurring Hong Kong front-company counterparty in the same shadow-banking activity, facilitating transactions for Iranian exchange houses on behalf of sanctions evaders including the Shamkhani network. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

OVIEDO OVERSEAS COMPANY LIMITED

Address: Room 11, 8/F, On Cheong Factory Building, No. 19 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, China

Organization Established Date: 09 Sep 2025

Business Registration Number: 78761549 (Hong Kong)

Supplemental Information: Treasury states Oviedo Overseas, a Hong Kong company established in September 2025, has been used by FSAQ and Alps International to complete transaction orders worth millions of dollars in mid-2026. It is designated for operating in Iran’s financial sector.

TITAN EXCHANGE

AKA:

TITAN ENERGY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TRADING CO. L.L.C

TITAN LAND PETROCHEMICALS TRADING L.L.C

Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

License: 1288764 (United Arab Emirates); alt. 820100 (United Arab Emirates); alt. BC2364 (United Arab Emirates); alt. DA7564 (United Arab Emirates)

Linked to: BANK-E SHAHR

Supplemental Information: Treasury describes Titan Exchange as one of two Dubai-based exchange-house fronts relied on by Shahr Bank and its rahbar network, holding tens of millions of dollars on Shahr Bank’s behalf as of early 2026 and closely affiliated with Iranian financier Hossein Ghorbani Zahed, previously sanctioned for supporting the Shamkhani illicit shipping network. Treasury’s crypto-focused release separately describes Amir Hendi as providing IT infrastructure support to Titan Exchange.

OFAC Program: [SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

CRYPTO HOME DMCC

Address: DMCC Business Centre, BA 1024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Digital Currency Address – XBT: 1G1V1b9s9uPsFCNL15ibZk44xsVygKsP2u

Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xbb69e01921b17cd22080968bcc96ba6115da6062

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 08 Mar 2022

Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities

Digital Currency Address – BNB: bnb136ns6lfw4zs5hg4n85vdthaad7hq5m4gtkgf23

Digital Currency Address – TRX: TTVJuXWCusAURrpNShiypauagEH1N4CrxV

Commercial Registry Number: DMCC192801 (United Arab Emirates)

Company Number: AE0120005822 (United Arab Emirates)

License: DMCC-839525 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Crypto Home as a UAE company for which Kayvanpour serves as sole manager, designated for being owned or directed by him. The UAE’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority took enforcement action against Crypto Home in January 2025, though it reportedly remained in business.

NFT HOME DMCC

AKA: “NFT HOME DMSC”

Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 19 May 2022

Organization Type: Wholesale and retail trade

Commercial Registry Number: DMCC193420 (United Arab Emirates)

License: DMCC-846344 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies NFT Home as a second UAE company for which Kayvanpour serves as sole manager, designated on the same ownership/control basis as Crypto Home.

SHELBIT GENERAL TRADING LLC

AKA:

“SHELBIT”

“SHELBIT EXCHANGE”

Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Registration Number: 3334083 (United Arab Emirates)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies this entity (referred to in its press release as “General Trading”) as the UAE company operating commercially as Shelbit Exchange. The UAE’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued enforcement actions against it in January 2025 and again in July 2026, though it reportedly remained in business; it is designated for being owned or directed by SHPS Shelbit.

SHELBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA W LIKWIDACJI

AKA:

“SHELBIT LTD”

“SHELBIT TECHNOLOGIES LTD”

Address: 22B 21A Bartycka 00-716, Warsaw, Poland

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 24 Aug 2023

Organization Type: Other monetary intermediation

Tax ID No.: 5214033324 (Poland)

Business Registration Number: 526184547 (Poland)

Registration Number: 0001053647 (Poland)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies this Warsaw-registered entity (in liquidation) as a company owned by Kayvanpour, designated on the same ownership/control basis as Crypto Home and NFT Home.

SHPS SHELBIT

AKA: “SHELBIT EXCHANGE”

Address: Tblisi, Georgia

Website: http://www.shelbit.com

Digital Currency Address – XBT: bc1qjzk63wwatq2f638psymq3qapn00aqgksyx56l3t8eg7zuuccwasq498khf; alt. bc1qz654h5qcqzalv6ltpxsk4ksdcc3e20wkedqntgnarv3a0t2e2p7scr48pl

Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xe05f529f5284d75624eba386cb716928c3b54a2a; alt. 0x6b69e2a7545c166417a80c61a77562052b!a9c5

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 29 Apr 2025

Organization Type: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Digital Currency Address – TRX: TXN3hVukebhyYR31YPCYd7aJAvmUeXu1ab

Digital Currency Address – SOL: 6wjqWWra8ombzaw6VHrG5xpQ972jCYF6bbHiFCbWmr4U

Registration Number: 400430477 (Georgia)

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies SHPS Shelbit as the Republic of Georgia-registered company through which Kayvanpour operates the Shelbit Exchange, which reportedly exchanged well over $1 million in digital assets with IRGC-linked addresses in both directions and laundered tens of millions of dollars for a Persian-language online gambling network.

Delistings:

The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [SDNT]  Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 536

SATIZABAL RENGIFO, Mario German (a.k.a. “PELO DE COBRE”), Colombia; DOB 04 Mar 1970; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14892890 (Colombia) (individual).

“PELO DE COBRE” (a.k.a. SATIZABAL RENGIFO, Mario German), Colombia; DOB 04 Mar 1970; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14892890 (Colombia) (individual).

OFAC Program: [SDNTK]  Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

AYALA BARRERA, Rubi Yiceth; DOB 13 Feb 1982; Cedula No. 52784570 (Colombia) (individual) (Linked To: HERJEZ LTDA.).

ZAZUETA GODOY, Heriberto (a.k.a. “CAPI BETO”), Jose Aguilar Barraza 328, Al Poniente de la Colonia Jorge Almeda, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Av. Naciones Unidas # 5759, Casa 34, Col. Parque Regency, Zapopan, Jalisco 44110, Mexico; DOB 03 Feb 1960; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGH600203HSLZDR07 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.).

“CAPI BETO” (a.k.a. ZAZUETA GODOY, Heriberto), Jose Aguilar Barraza 328, Al Poniente de la Colonia Jorge Almeda, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Av. Naciones Unidas # 5759, Casa 34, Col. Parque Regency, Zapopan, Jalisco 44110, Mexico; DOB 03 Feb 1960; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGH600203HSLZDR07 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.).

ZAZUETA GOMEZ, Leopoldo; DOB 04 Feb 1940; POB San Ignacio, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGL400204HSLZMP06 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.).

ROMERO ZEVADA, Demetrio, Nogalitos No. 17, Quila, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 09 Apr 1973; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. ROZD730409HSLMVM09 (Mexico) (individual) (Linked To: COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V.).

PRODUCCION PESQUERA DONA MARIELA, S.A. DE C.V., Avenida Puerto Mazatlan 6, Colonia Parque Industrial Alfredo V Bonfil, Mazatlan, Sinaloa CP 82050, Mexico; R.F.C. PPD0103129Q2 (Mexico); Folio Mercantil No. 9974-2 (Mexico).

TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V. (a.k.a. “TAI PEN”), Av. Juan Palomar y Arias # 569, Col. Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco 45110, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 33288-1 (Mexico).

“TAI PEN” (a.k.a. TAIPEN, S.A. DE C.V.), Av. Juan Palomar y Arias # 569, Col. Jardines Universidad, Zapopan, Jalisco 45110, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 33288-1 (Mexico).

COMERCIALIZADORA Y FRIGORIFICOS DE LA PERLA DEL PACIFICO, S.A. DE C.V., Puerto de Mazatlan 6 D, Parque Industrial Alfredo V. Bonfil, Mazatlan, Sinaloa 82050, Mexico; R.F.C. CFP001109UM7 (Mexico).

Sources:

OFAC, Program Tag Definitions for OFAC Sanctions Lists

Claude’s notes worth noting:

Two source-fidelity issues I didn’t paper over:

One of SHPS Shelbit’s alt. ETH addresses (ending ...052b!a9c5) has what looks like an OCR artifact character in the source PDF — I transcribed it as-is rather than guessing at the correct hex digit. Worth checking against OFAC’s official SDN XML/CSV export before anyone screens against it.

I dropped the Arabic-script and Polish-diacritic name parentheticals throughout (e.g., on Ghasempour, Hendi, Sharifi, Aban Tether, Crypto Home, NFT Home, Shelbit General Trading, Shelbit Technologies) rather than risk transcribing garbled RTL extraction incorrectly. The English/Latin primary names and standard a.k.a. aliases are all intact.

How I split the two designation networks: the update bundles two distinct Iran-related actions — the Shahr Bank/FSAQ/Alps International currency-exchange-house network (Treasury’s “Global Clandestine Currency Networks” release + State’s “Severing Iran’s Illicit Cash Pipeline”) and the Kayvanpour/Shelbit crypto-exchange network (Treasury’s “Crypto Exchanges” release + State’s “Targeting Digital Asset Exchanges”). These split almost perfectly along program-tag lines (IRAN-EO13902 vs. SDGT/IRGC), with Aban Tether Exchange as the one exception — it’s tagged IRAN-EO13902 like the currency-network entities but is substantively part of the crypto story, so its supplemental info draws from the crypto press release even though it’s grouped under the IRAN-EO13902 heading.

Excluded per scope rules: the co-issued amended FAQ 1257, and Basheer Al-Shabbani (discussed in Treasury’s currency-network release but not actually a new listing in today’s SDN update — he was already processed in the August 5 post).
August 7, 2026

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Designations, Iran, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Terrorism
July 23, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 1: Lotsa Designations in lotsa programs, including Cuba, Narcotics and Terrorism
Counter Terrorism Designations; Counter Narcotics Designations; Cuba Designations; Belarus-related Designation Removal; Issuance of Cuba-related General Licenses

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Disrupts Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

State Press Release: Dismantling Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

OFAC Program: [SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

ALDEN, Khaldun Khamis Zakaria (Arabic: خلدون خمیس زكریا الدن)

Turkey

DOB: 19 Jul 1980

nationality: Palestinian

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 905337655 (Palestinian)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: HAMAS

Supplemental Information: Alden is the owner of Türkiye-based El-Kahira for General Trading (El-Kahira), which Treasury’s press release states has transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.

AL-JEBOURI, Abdulla Issam Ahmad (Arabic: عبد الله عصام أحمد الجبوري)

Turkey

DOB: 03 Oct 1988

nationality: Iraq

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: B22037179 (Iraq) expires 11 Dec 2031

Party Type: individual

Linked to: EL-KAHIRA FOR GENERAL TRADING

Supplemental Information: Abdullah Issam Ahmad Al-Jebouri is a shareholder of El-Kahira for General Trading. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, El-Kahira for General Trading.

AL-JEBOURI, Zaid Issam Ahmed (Arabic: زید عصام أحمد الجبوري)

Istanbul, Turkey

DOB: 03 Oct 1988

POB: Iraq

nationality: Iraq

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Digital Currency Address – TRX: TPyE2oSoaysrXfLzwf9wetBVr9JudLwjtD

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: TVgUsVzA7mpFExP4zS7HHbtKti6UuBDuwZ

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: TLoG3vbjDgqmTD5bM7w9rMgA6ysaNReuRy

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: TAhHpxPRwo1Bmm1A9m51uZ31tcB7EPq7SY

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: TScXZTbDjjZ6a6jiC7dZjgCqfNo4vm7atV

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: TGr2i8ZQiiMRjP3mWyQUH2MQBfKu8GJNqm

alt. Digital Currency Address – TRX: THJUJFyTnrBWb1ijWav7qfRBrjUuKgP49Z

Identification Number: 99909088080 (Turkey)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: EL-KAHIRA FOR GENERAL TRADING

Supplemental Information: Zaid Issam Ahmed Al-Jebouri is a shareholder of El-Kahira for General Trading and, per Treasury’s press release, also provided underground banking services for a separate organized criminal group. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, El-Kahira for General Trading.

EL-ABIARY, Mahmoud

AKA: AL-IBIARY, Mahmoud

United Kingdom

DOB: 05 Jun 1952

nationality: Austria

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: J0436609 (Austria) expires 08 May 2013

Party Type: individual

Linked to: EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

Supplemental Information: Mahmoud al-Abyari is a United Kingdom-based senior leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (EMB), which OFAC designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in January 2026. He is the Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood General Secretariat and has a long history of senior leadership roles within the Muslim Brotherhood. Treasury’s press release states he supported fundraising for the U.S.-designated Filistin Vakfi and Hayat Yolu, both previously sanctioned for their ties to Hamas, and worked with Muslim Brotherhood groups to support and provide financial assistance to Hamas. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Takes Largest Action Ever Targeting Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

State Press Release: Sanctioning Over 50 Targets Linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

ALVARADO RODRIGUEZ, Martha Alicia

Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 02 Jan 1989

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: AARM890102MJCLDR02 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Alvarado is a CJNG member and the wife of fellow designee Roberto Jimenez Arias; the two jointly control crop production company Agropecuaria Amateq Del Valle S.A. de C.V., also designated today. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

AYALA BOTELLO, Miguel Angel

Mexico

DOB: 09 Aug 1978

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: AABM780809HMNYTG02 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: BOTELLO ROZALEZ, Gerardo

Supplemental Information: Ayala Botello (Miguel Botello) is a cousin of Gerardo Botello Rozalez (El Cachas) with a leadership role in Bubux Baby Shoes S.A. de C.V. and additional entities linked to El Cachas’s family members. While El Cachas oversaw CJNG operations in Michoacan, Miguel Botello served as Director of the Public Safety Directorate of Tepalcatepec, Michoacan; fellow designees Gustavo and Wiliams Botello Rodriguez went on to become municipal police officers in Tepalcatepec under him. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided, or attempted to provide, support to Gerardo Botello Rozalez, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided support to Gerardo Botello Rozalez.

BOTELLO ORTIZ, Edgar Gerardo

Mexico

DOB: 04 Apr 1994

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BOOE940404HMNTRD00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: GREEN AGROPACIFIC S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Supplemental Information: A son of Gerardo Botello Rozalez (El Cachas), Edgar Gerardo Botello Ortiz serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Green Agropacific and is a partial owner of the company. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Green Agropacific S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V.

BOTELLO ORTIZ, Jesus David

Mexico

DOB: 28 Jun 1997

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BOOJ970628HMNTRS00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: GREEN AGROPACIFIC S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Supplemental Information: A son of El Cachas, Jesus David Botello Ortiz serves as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Green Agropacific and is a partial owner of the company. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Green Agropacific S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V.

BOTELLO ORTIZ, Ricardo

Mexico

DOB: 24 Apr 1999

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BOOR990424HMNTRC08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: RANCHO SAN MIGUEL LOS TRES HERMANOS S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Supplemental Information: Another son of El Cachas, Ricardo Botello Ortiz is Treasurer of the Board of Directors of Rancho San Miguel and, per Treasury’s press release, is also a partial owner of Green Agropacific. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Rancho San Miguel Los Tres Hermanos S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V.

BOTELLO RODRIGUEZ, Gustavo

AKA:

“Tavo”

“Viejon”

Mexico

DOB: 20 Jan 1993

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BORG930120HMNTDS06 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: A nephew of El Cachas, Gustavo Botello operated a CJNG cell tied to huachicol (fuel theft) together with his brother Wiliams Geovanni Botello Rodriguez. He was arrested by the Government of Mexico in September 2025 on drug trafficking charges, and had previously become a municipal police officer in Tepalcatepec under Miguel Botello. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

BOTELLO RODRIGUEZ, Wiliams Geovanni

Mexico

DOB: 02 Mar 1995

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BORW950302HMNTDL09 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: El Cachas’s nephew and Gustavo Botello’s brother, Wiliams Botello operated the same fuel-theft-linked CJNG cell and also became a municipal police officer in Tepalcatepec under Miguel Botello. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

BOTELLO ROZALEZ, Gerardo

AKA:

BOTELLO ROSALES, Gerardo

“El Cachas”

Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 03 Feb 1977

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BORG770203HMNTZR05 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: El Cachas is a senior, long-standing CJNG member arrested in 2018 by the Government of Mexico while serving as bodyguard to the wife of CJNG’s longtime leader; Treasury’s press release notes he was publicly linked while in custody to the sexual abuse of female prison guards. Before, during, and after his 2018 imprisonment in Jalisco, he oversaw CJNG operations across multiple Mexican territories, and has most recently been linked to the Izaguirre Ranch training center, where CJNG recruited members through coercive means. His criminal activities have also included huachicol (fuel theft). He is a registered owner of Bubux Baby Shoes S.A. de C.V., also designated today. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

CASTELLANOS CEJA, Julio Cesar

Colima, Colima, Mexico

DOB: 18 Feb 1991

POB: Colima, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: CACJ910218HCMSJL08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Castellanos Ceja is one of seven individuals Treasury identifies as part of a professional cartel money-laundering network based in Zapopan and Guadalajara, Jalisco, which since at least 2023 has coordinated the collection of bulk cash narcotics proceeds from multiple U.S. cities, transferred the funds back to Mexico, and returned the money to CJNG’s leadership while taking a fee, laundering tens of millions of dollars per year. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

CISNEROS TAPIA, Liliana

Mexico

DOB: 09 Nov 1980

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: CITL801109MMNSPL07 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: GREEN AGROPACIFIC S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Supplemental Information: El Cachas’s most recent spouse, Cisneros Tapia is Secretary of Green Agropacific’s oversight body and a partial owner of the company. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Green Agropacific S.P.R. de R.L. de C.V.

CORONA PIMENTEL, Efrain

Mexico

DOB: 15 Apr 1994

POB: Colima, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: COPE940415HCMRMF01 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Corona Pimentel as an additional CJNG associate of Audias Flores Silva (Jardinero). He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

CRUZ CABRERA, Jorge Fernando

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 23 Jun 1993

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: CUCJ930623HJCRBR03 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Cruz Cabrera is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

DIAZ ROBLES, Marcial Apolinar

AKA: “ROBLES, Polo”

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 26 Aug 1988

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: DIRM880826HJCZBR05 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Marcial Apolinar Diaz Robles and his twin brother Pedro Marcial Diaz Robles lead a CJNG-linked cocaine trafficking network from Guadalajara. Treasury’s press release states the twins have a very close relationship with several members of CJNG’s inner circle and have used those connections to facilitate large shipments of cocaine and other narcotics from South America to Mexico and onward to the United States and Europe. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

DIAZ ROBLES, Pedro Marcial

AKA: “ROBLES, Peter”

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 26 Aug 1988

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: DIRP880826HJCZBD00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Pedro Marcial Diaz Robles is Marcial Apolinar Diaz Robles’s twin and co-leader of the same Guadalajara-based cocaine trafficking network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

DOMINGUEZ AGUILERA, Joana

Mexico

DOB: 22 Oct 1981

POB: Tamaulipas, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: DOAJ811022MTSMGN08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Dominguez Aguilera as a CJNG member and additional associate of Jardinero. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

GARCIA MARTINEZ, Jose Octaviano

Mexico

DOB: 29 May 1987

POB: Tamaulipas, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GAMO870529HTSRRC08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Garcia Martinez is a plaza boss subordinate to Jardinero for Florencia, Zacatecas. Treasury states that plaza bosses in this network produce large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories in Jalisco and Zacatecas and operate extensive distribution networks transporting narcotics to U.S. cities. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

GONZALEZ RAMIREZ, Francisco Noe

AKA: “El F1”

Mexico

DOB: 05 Feb 1981

POB: Aguascalientes, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GORF810205HASNMR05 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: El F1 is a high-ranking CJNG member Treasury describes as engaged in drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, and violence in Zacatecas. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos

AKA:

VALENCIA GONZALEZ, Juan Carlos

“Pelon”

Mexico

24892 Three Springs Rd, Hemet, CA 92545, United States

DOB: 12 Sep 1984

POB: Santa Ana, California, United States

nationality: Mexico

alt. nationality: United States

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GOXJ840912HNENXN06 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Pelon is the new leader of CJNG, a dual Mexican-U.S. national who rose to the position following the February 2026 death of his stepfather, CJNG founder Ruben Oseguera Cervantes (El Mencho), during a Mexican government operation. Pelon is charged in a U.S. federal drug trafficking indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and the State Department’s Narcotics Rewards Program is offering up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. Prior to his current position, he led an armed wing of CJNG that engaged in significant violence. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

GUTIERREZ VALDEZ, Jose Jesus

Ixtlan Del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico

DOB: 28 Aug 1979

POB: Zacatecas, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GUVJ790828HZSTLS18 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Gutierrez Valdez oversees several methamphetamine laboratories in Zacatecas and controls furniture company Productores Vagu S.A. de C.V., also designated today. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

HERNANDEZ MORALES, Uriel

Mexico

DOB: 02 Aug 1988

POB: Chiapas, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: HEMU880802HCSRRR07 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Hernandez Morales is another of the plaza bosses subordinate to Jardinero described above, tied to fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine production and distribution. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

JIMENEZ ARIAS, Roberto

Amatitan, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 26 Oct 1988

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: JIAR881026HJCMRB04 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Jimenez operates beverage crop producer Casa Tequilera El Origen Del Tequila S.A. de C.V. and construction company Hurrari Kash S.A. Promotora de Inversion de C.V., both designated today, and jointly controls crop producer Agropecuaria Amateq Del Valle S.A. de C.V. with his wife, fellow designee Martha Alicia Alvarado Rodriguez. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

LEDEZMA RAMIREZ, Feliciano

AKA: “Chano Limones”

Mexico

DOB: 20 Oct 1981

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: LERF811020HMNDML00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Chano Limones traffics fentanyl to the United States and has also been involved in significant violence in the Nuevo Italia and Mugica areas of Michoacan. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

LOPEZ LARIOS, Angel Gabriel

Mexico

DOB: 01 Nov 1992

POB: Nayarit, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: LOLA921101HNTPRN09 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Lopez Larios as an additional CJNG associate of Jardinero. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

LOZA GARCIA, Rodolfo Alejandro

AKA: “El 26”

Villas Las Alvarez, Colima, Mexico

DOB: 11 Jun 1983

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: LOGR830611HJCZRD03 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: El 26 is a senior CJNG narcotics trafficker and enforcement member Treasury describes as engaged in significant violence on behalf of CJNG in northern Jalisco. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

MEDINA CHAVIRA, Adolfo Gabriel

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 17 Mar 1974

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MECA740317HJCDHD05 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Medina Chavira is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network and separately controls Mundo Fit Suplementos S.A. de C.V. and Medin Products, both designated today. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

MEDINA FLORES, Areli Isis

Mexico

DOB: 18 Apr 1985

POB: Mexico, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MEFA850418MMCDLR08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: FLORES SILVA, Audias

Supplemental Information: Medina Flores is Jardinero’s cousin; together with Gabriel Serrano Magana, she helps Jardinero maintain control of gas station company Petrocoda S.A. de C.V., and she co-owns wholesale clothing company Stella Servicios Comerciales Y Empresariales S.A. de C.V. with Karely Lizbeth Ramirez Banales. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Audias Flores Silva.

MENA ALVARADO, Alma Laura

Mexico

DOB: 27 Dec 1983

POB: Zacatecas, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MEAA831227MZSNLL04 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Mena, together with her husband Jose Mora Leon, owns a logistics company engaged in diverting liquid fentanyl to CJNG, and Treasury states she is separately engaged in extracting and stealing gasoline in a CJNG-controlled area. She and Mora control Strong Energy S.A. de C.V. and Transic Logistic S.A. de C.V., both designated today. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

MENDOZA GARCIA, Luis Mario

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 05 May 1999

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MEGL990505HJCNRS07 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Mendoza Garcia is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

MORA LEON, Jose

Mexico

DOB: 03 Feb 1978

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MOLJ780203HMNRNS00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Mora, husband of Alma Laura Mena Alvarado, jointly owns with her the logistics company engaged in diverting liquid fentanyl to CJNG, and the couple control Strong Energy S.A. de C.V. and Transic Logistic S.A. de C.V. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

MORENO LOPEZ, Fidel Damian

Magdalena, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 12 Apr 1984

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MOLF840412HJCRPD08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Treasury identifies Moreno Lopez as an additional CJNG associate of Jardinero. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

RAMIREZ BANALES, Karely Lizbeth

AKA: BANUELOS RAMIREZ, Kareli Lizbeth

Mexico

DOB: 19 May 1996

POB: Nayarit, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

R.F.C.: RABK9605191P7 (Mexico)

C.U.R.P.: RABK960519MNTMXR03 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: FLORES SILVA, Audias

Supplemental Information: Jardinero’s wife, Ramirez Banales owns beverage store El Almacen Licoreria, also designated today, and co-owns wholesale clothing company Stella Servicios Comerciales Y Empresariales S.A. de C.V. with Areli Isis Medina Flores. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Audias Flores Silva.

RIVERA ZEPEDA, Cuauhtemoc

Mexico

DOB: 17 Aug 1989

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: RIZC890817HJCVPH08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Rivera Zepeda is another of the plaza bosses subordinate to Jardinero tied to fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine production and distribution networks reaching U.S. cities. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

RODRIGUEZ FLORES, Salvador Israel

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 04 May 1992

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: ROFS920504HJCDLL00 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Rodriguez Flores is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

RUIZ BANUELOS, Jose Guadalupe

AKA: “Venado”

Mexico

DOB: 14 Jul 1975

POB: Nayarit, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: RUBG750714HNTZXD05 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: FLORES SILVA, Audias

Supplemental Information: Venado is Jardinero’s trusted pilot, who Treasury states has utilized clandestine landing strips across Nayarit. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to Audias Flores Silva, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted Audias Flores Silva.

SANCHEZ TAMAYO, Hugo Alejandro

Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 06 Jul 1969

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: SATH690706HJCNMG09 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Sanchez Tamayo is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

SERRANO MAGANA, Gabriel

Mexico

DOB: 21 Aug 1986

POB: Michoacan, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: SEMG860821HMNRGB06 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Serrano Magana is a subordinate of Jardinero who, together with Areli Isis Medina Flores, helps Jardinero maintain control of gas station company Petrocoda S.A. de C.V. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

VILLA SANCHEZ, Jorge

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

DOB: 20 Jul 1970

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: VISJ700720HJCLNR02 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: Villa Sanchez is a member of the Zapopan/Guadalajara-based professional money-laundering network described above. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted CJNG.

VILLASENOR OLIVARES, Cesar Alejandro

AKA: “El Guero Conta”

Mexico

DOB: 03 Dec 1980

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: VIOC801203HJCLLS08 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION

Supplemental Information: El Guero Conta was, along with Jardinero, arrested by Mexican authorities in April 2026. Treasury states he is responsible for overseeing Jardinero’s network of front companies, individuals, and family members designed to conceal Jardinero’s interest in assets initially obtained with illicit proceeds. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, CJNG.

ZEPEDA RODRIGUEZ, Jorge

AKA: “ZEPEDA, George”

Marroquin de Abajo, Guanajuato, Mexico

DOB: 18 Jan 1967

POB: Jalisco, Mexico

nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: ZERJ670118HJCPDR06 (Mexico)

Party Type: individual

Linked to:

DIAZ ROBLES, Marcial Apolinar

DIAZ ROBLES, Pedro Marcial

Supplemental Information: Zepeda is a Guadalajara-based businessman, money launderer, and cocaine broker heavily involved in the Diaz Robles twins’ drug trafficking operations; Treasury states he paid the twins millions of dollars for access and connections to various Mexican ports and worked with them to smuggle cocaine to the United States and globally. He controls Optic Private Transportation S.A. de C.V., also designated today. He is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 for having provided support to Marcial Apolinar Diaz Robles and Pedro Marcial Diaz Robles, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted them.

State Press Release: Additional Sanctions Designations Targeting the Corrupt Cuban Communist Regime and Its Financial Backers

OFAC Program: [CUBA-EO14404] Executive Order 14404

PORTAL MIRANDA, Jose Angel

Havana, Cuba

DOB: 10 Jan 1967

POB: Cuba

nationality: Cuba

Gender: Male

National ID No.: 67011009482 (Cuba)

Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Publicly available information identifies a Jose Angel Portal Miranda as Cuba’s Minister of Public Health since July 2018, the ministry that oversees Cuba’s overseas medical brigade program. Secretary Rubio’s press statement describes today’s action as designating, among other things, two individuals responsible for the exploitation and forced labor of Cuban medical workers through the regime’s overseas medical brigades, pursuant to E.O. 14404.

SANCHEZ PADRON, Gretza

Villa Clara, Cuba

DOB: 28 Nov 1970

POB: Villa Clara, Cuba

nationality: Cuba

Gender: Female

National ID No.: 70112814739 (Cuba)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: UNIDAD CENTRAL DE COOPERACION MEDICA

Supplemental Information: Sanchez Padron is linked to Unidad Central de Cooperacion Medica, also designated today, which administers Cuba’s overseas medical-brigade program. She appears to be the second of the two individuals Secretary Rubio’s press statement describes as designated for responsibility in the exploitation and forced labor of Cuban medical workers through the regime’s overseas medical brigades, pursuant to E.O. 14404.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Disrupts Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

State Press Release: Dismantling Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

OFAC Program: [SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

EL-KAHIRA FOR GENERAL TRADING (Arabic: شركة القاھرة للتجارة العامة)

AKA:

DUBAI COMPANY FOR EXCHANGE

ELKAHIRA TICARET EMLAKCILIK DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TRADE LIMITED COMPANY

PRIMATECH

PRIMATECH TEKNOLOJI SANAYI (Latin: PRİMATECH TEKNOLOJİ SANAYİ)

PRIMATECH TEKNOLOJII SANAYI IC VE DIS TICARET LIMITTED SIRKETI AND FOREIGN TRADE LIMITED COMPANY (Latin: PRİMATECH TEKNOLOJİ SANAYİ İÇ VE DIŞ TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ)

“EL-KAHIRA EXCHANGE OFFICE” (Arabic: “مكتب القاھرة للصرافة”)

Baris Mah. Belediye CD., No: 28/12, Beylikduzu, Istanbul, Turkey

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 25 Jun 2019

alt. Organization Established Date: 2022

Trade License No.: 197146-5 (Turkey)

Chamber of Commerce Number: 1186929 (Turkey)

Linked to: HAMAS

Supplemental Information: Treasury’s press release states that Türkiye-based El-Kahira has transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars for Hamas, and that it provided underground banking services, servicing both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies, to known Sweden-based organized crime groups such as the Foxtrot Network. It is owned by fellow designee Khaldun Khamis Zakaria Alden, with Zaid Issam Ahmed Al-Jebouri and Abdulla Issam Ahmad Al-Jebouri as shareholders. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.

MADAD PALESTINE CHARITABLE SOCIETY (Arabic: جمعیة مداد فلسطین الخیریة)

AKA:

MADAD AI-KHAIR

MADDAD FALASTIN

MADDAD FOUNDATION

MIDAD ALKHAIR

MIDAD PALESTINE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION

SUPPLY PALESTINE CHARITABLE SOCIETY

Gaza

Website: https://midad-alkhair.com

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 2014

Target Type: Charity or Nonprofit Organization

Chamber of Commerce Number: 8441 (Palestinian)

Linked to: HAMAS

Supplemental Information: Treasury’s press release describes Madad Palestine Charitable Society as a Gaza-based front created by Hamas to raise funds for its military wing; funds were reportedly collected for the benefit of civilians but were instead knowingly diverted by Hamas for military purposes. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.

TUJUH BULIR GLOBAL (Arabic: السبع السجلات العالمیة)

AKA:

SEVEN SPIKES GLOBAL

SEVEN SPIKES GLOBAL FOUNDATION

Ruka SOHO, Blok H No. 9, Jalan Muhammad Kahfi II, RT 008/RW 010, Kelurahan Jagakarsa, Kecamatan Jagakarsa, Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

Website: https://tujuhbulir.com

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 2025

Organization Type: Other human health activities

Linked to: HAMAS

Supplemental Information: Operating under the alias Seven Spikes Global, this Indonesia-based entity was, per Treasury’s press release, created by Hamas to fundraise and provide revenue for its military wing. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hamas.

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Takes Largest Action Ever Targeting Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

State Press Release: Sanctioning Over 50 Targets Linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT] Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] Executive Order 14059

AGROPECUARIA AMATEQ DEL VALLE S.A. DE C.V.

Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 26 Aug 2021

Organization Type: Support activities for crop production

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2021076329 (Mexico)

Linked to:

JIMENEZ ARIAS, Roberto

ALVARADO RODRIGUEZ, Martha Alicia

Supplemental Information: This Jalisco crop-production company is jointly controlled by Roberto Jimenez Arias and his wife, Martha Alicia Alvarado Rodriguez. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Jimenez and Alvarado.

BUBUX BABY SHOES S.A. DE C.V.

San Francisco del Rincon, Guanajuato, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 18 Apr 2014

Organization Type: Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles in specialized stores

Folio Mercantil No.: 4439 (Mexico)

Linked to: BOTELLO ROZALEZ, Gerardo

Supplemental Information: Bubux purports to sell baby shoes and is registered to El Cachas, whose cousin Miguel Angel Ayala Botello holds a leadership role in the company. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Gerardo Botello Rozalez.

CASA TEQUILERA EL ORIGEN DEL TEQUILA S.A. DE C.V.

Amatitan, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 18 Nov 2022

Organization Type: Growing of beverage crops

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2022080980 (Mexico)

Linked to: JIMENEZ ARIAS, Roberto

Supplemental Information: This beverage-crop producer is operated by Roberto Jimenez Arias. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Jimenez.

CORPORATIVO DE SEGURIDAD PRIVADA ALFA Y GAMA S.A. DE C.V.

Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 29 Nov 2018

Organization Type: Private security activities

R.F.C.: CSP1811293I5 (Mexico)

Folio Mercantil No.: 2020051100 (Mexico)

License: 1006097025 (Mexico)

Linked to: AYALA BOTELLO, Miguel Angel

Supplemental Information: This Michoacan- and Jalisco-based private security company maintains a state-level license to carry firearms. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Miguel Angel Ayala Botello.

EL ALMACEN LICORERIA

Ixtlan del Rio, Nayarit, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 01 Apr 2021

Organization Type: Retail sale of food in specialized stores

R.F.C.: RABK9605191P7 (Mexico)

Linked to: RAMIREZ BANALES, Karely Lizbeth

Supplemental Information: This beverage store is owned by Jardinero’s wife, Karely Lizbeth Ramirez Banales. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Ramirez Banales.

GREEN AGROPACIFIC S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 30 Jun 2023

Organization Type: Growing of beverage crops

Folio Mercantil No.: 2023064007 (Mexico)

Linked to: AYALA BOTELLO, Miguel Angel

Supplemental Information: This Nayarit-based beverage-crop company is partly owned by El Cachas’s most recent spouse, Liliana Cisneros Tapia, and two of his sons, Jesus David and Edgar Gerardo Botello Ortiz, who respectively serve as Secretary of its oversight body and Secretary/Treasurer of its Board of Directors. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Miguel Angel Ayala Botello.

HURRARI KASH S.A. PROMOTORA DE INVERSION DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 18 Sep 2024

Organization Type: Construction of buildings

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2025015902 (Mexico)

Linked to: JIMENEZ ARIAS, Roberto

Supplemental Information: This construction company is operated by Roberto Jimenez Arias. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Jimenez.

MEDIN PRODUCTS

AKA: MEDIN PRODUCTS S.A.S.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 25 Jul 2022

Organization Type: Retail sale of food in specialized stores

Company Number: SAS2022523655 (Mexico)

Linked to: MEDINA CHAVIRA, Adolfo Gabriel

Supplemental Information: Controlled by money launderer Adolfo Gabriel Medina Chavira, this entity is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Medina Chavira.

MUNDO FIT SUPLEMENTOS S.A. DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 27 Sep 2022

Organization Type: Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2022069078 (Mexico)

Linked to: MEDINA CHAVIRA, Adolfo Gabriel

Supplemental Information: A second entity controlled by Adolfo Gabriel Medina Chavira, it is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Medina Chavira.

OPTIC PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION S.A. DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 26 Aug 2015

Organization Type: Activities of holding companies

Folio Mercantil No.: 91490 (Mexico)

Linked to: ZEPEDA RODRIGUEZ, Jorge

Supplemental Information: This holding company is controlled by money launderer and cocaine broker Jorge Zepeda Rodriguez. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Zepeda Rodriguez.

PETROCODA S.A. DE C.V.

Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 18 Feb 2016

Organization Type: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialized stores

R.F.C.: PET160218N40 (Mexico)

Folio Mercantil No.: 15149 (Mexico)

Linked to: FLORES SILVA, Audias

Supplemental Information: This gas station company is one of the vehicles Jardinero uses to hold cartel-linked assets; Treasury states he maintains control of it through his cousin Areli Isis Medina Flores and subordinate Gabriel Serrano Magana. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Audias Flores Silva.

PRODUCTORES VAGU S.A. DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 29 Jun 2015

Organization Type: Manufacture of furniture

Folio Mercantil No.: 90943 (Mexico)

Linked to: GUTIERREZ VALDEZ, Jose Jesus

Supplemental Information: This furniture manufacturer is controlled by Jose Jesus Gutierrez Valdez, who Treasury states oversees several methamphetamine laboratories in Zacatecas. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Gutierrez Valdez.

RANCHO SAN MIGUEL LOS TRES HERMANOS S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Zapotlan El Grande, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 02 Aug 2019

Organization Type: Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.

Folio Mercantil No.: 2019070393 (Mexico)

Linked to: AYALA BOTELLO, Miguel Angel

Supplemental Information: This Jalisco tequila and agave company’s Board of Directors includes El Cachas’s son Ricardo Botello Ortiz as Treasurer. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Miguel Angel Ayala Botello.

STELLA SERVICIOS COMERCIALES Y EMPRESARIALES S.A. DE C.V.

Ahuacatlan, Nayarit, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 13 Mar 2019

Organization Type: Retail sale of textiles in specialized stores

R.F.C.: SSC190313CY6 (Mexico)

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2019021848 (Mexico)

Linked to:

RAMIREZ BANALES, Karely Lizbeth

MEDINA FLORES, Areli Isis

Supplemental Information: This wholesale clothing company is co-owned by Jardinero’s wife, Karely Lizbeth Ramirez Banales, and his cousin, Areli Isis Medina Flores. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Medina Flores and Ramirez Banales.

STRONG ENERGY S.A. DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 09 May 2017

Organization Type: Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction

R.F.C.: SEN170509R53 (Mexico)

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2017038887 (Mexico)

Linked to:

MORA LEON, Jose

MENA ALVARADO, Alma Laura

Supplemental Information: Controlled by spouses Jose Mora Leon and Alma Laura Mena Alvarado, this petroleum and natural gas extraction support company is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Mena and Mora.

TRANSIC LOGISTIC S.A. DE C.V.

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 05 Oct 2020

Organization Type: Transportation and storage

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2020078956 (Mexico)

Linked to:

MORA LEON, Jose

MENA ALVARADO, Alma Laura

Supplemental Information: The logistics company Treasury states is engaged in diverting liquid fentanyl to CJNG, controlled by Jose Mora Leon and Alma Laura Mena Alvarado. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Mena and Mora.

State Press Release: Additional Sanctions Designations Targeting the Corrupt Cuban Communist Regime and Its Financial Backers

OFAC Program: [CUBA-EO14404] Executive Order 14404

CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Les Echelons Court, Les Echelons, St. Peter Port, Channel Islands GY1 1AR, Guernsey

Organization Established Date: 10 Oct 1995

Organization Type: Trusts, funds and similar financial entities

Legal Entity Number: 213800XGY151JV5B1E88

Registration Number: 30083 (Guernsey)

Supplemental Information: Secretary Rubio’s press statement describes today’s Cuba-related action as including four entities associated with sanctions evasion efforts linked to U.S.-designated Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), Cuba’s military-run business conglomerate, without naming each individually. Note that OFAC is separately issuing Cuba General Licenses 2 and 3, both captioned as authorizing wind-down and debt/equity transactions involving CEIBA Investments Limited specifically — a strong indication this entity is among the four, though this is an inference on our part rather than a statement made explicitly in either press release.

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL PETROLEO S.A.

AKA: “CEINPET”

Cerro, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 02 Jun 2020

Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Entity Code: 14774 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: CEINPET’s petroleum-research profile places it, in our reading, among the three entities Secretary Rubio’s statement describes as operating in Cuba’s energy sector, though the statement does not name the three individually.

COMERCIALIZADORA DE SERVICIOS MEDICOS CUBANOS SA

AKA:

“CSMC”

“CUBAN MEDICAL SERVICES MARKETING COMPANY”

“SERVICIOS MEDICOS CUBANOS”

“SMC”

Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 11 Oct 2011

Tax ID No.: 3000186940 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: As the entity that markets Cuba’s overseas medical-brigade labor, CSMC appears to be one of the two entities Secretary Rubio’s statement describes as responsible, together with two individuals, for the exploitation and forced labor of Cuban medical workers through the regime’s overseas medical brigades.

CORAL MARITIMA S.A.

Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 2019

Organization Type: Sea and coastal freight water transport

Entity Code: 60301 (Cuba)

Linked to: GRUPO EMPRESARIAL DE TRANSPORTE MARITIMO PORTUARIO

Supplemental Information: Coral Maritima’s link to a state maritime and port transport holding group is, in our reading, consistent with the GAESA-linked sanctions-evasion category in Secretary Rubio’s statement, though the statement does not name the four entities in that category individually.

EINARBO S.A.

Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 19 Feb 2020

Organization Type: Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products

Entity Code: 60636 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Einarbo’s fuel-wholesaling profile places it, in our reading, among the three energy-sector entities referenced in Secretary Rubio’s statement.

EMPRESA DE ENERGIA S.A.

AKA: “ENERSA”

Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 2012

Organization Type: Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products

Entity Code: 60600 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: ENERSA’s fuel-wholesaling profile likewise places it, in our reading, among the three energy-sector entities referenced in Secretary Rubio’s statement.

ORBIT S.A.

Havana, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 02 Mar 2020

Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities

Entity Code: 60642 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: Orbit’s financial-services profile is, in our reading, consistent with the GAESA-linked sanctions-evasion category in Secretary Rubio’s statement, though this is an inference rather than a statement made explicitly in either press release.

TERMINAL DE CONTENEDORES DE MARIEL S.A.

AKA:

MARIEL CONTAINER TERMINAL S.A.

TCM S.A.

Vista del Mar, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 01 Jun 2011

Organization Type: Cargo handling

Entity Code: 60597 (Cuba)

Linked to: GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL S.A.

Supplemental Information: This container terminal operator is directly linked in the listing itself to Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. — GAESA’s full name — making it, in our reading, one of the four GAESA-linked entities referenced in Secretary Rubio’s statement.

UNIDAD CENTRAL DE COOPERACION MEDICA

AKA:

“CENTRAL UNIT FOR MEDICAL COOPERATION”

“UCCM”

Marianao, Cuba

Organization Established Date: 30 Sep 1984

Entity Code: 9809 (Cuba)

Supplemental Information: UCCM, to which fellow designee Gretza Sanchez Padron is linked, administers Cuba’s overseas medical-brigade program and appears to be the second of the two entities Secretary Rubio’s statement describes as responsible, together with two individuals, for the exploitation and forced labor of Cuban medical workers through those brigades.

Delistings:

The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [BELARUS-EO14038] Executive Order 14038

BEL-KAP-STEEL LLC, Miami, FL 33130, United States; Organization Established Date: 1998; Tax ID No.: 52-2083095 (United States); Business Registration Number: 0582030 (Connecticut) (United States); alt. Business Registration Number: M99000000961 (Florida) (United States) (Linked To: OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY BYELORUSSIAN STEEL WORKS MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF HOLDING BYELORUSSIAN METALLURGICAL COMPANY).

Sources:

[CUBA-EO14404] does not yet appear on OFAC’s Program Tag Definitions page as of July 2026; the description above uses the underlying executive order citation, consistent with how OFAC has documented other newly issued single-EO tags there.

José Ángel Portal Miranda’s identification as Cuba’s Minister of Public Health: CiberCuba

The mapping of individual Cuba-related entities to the three sub-categories described in Secretary Rubio’s press statement (GAESA-linked sanctions evasion, energy sector, medical-brigade labor exploitation) is our own inference from the entities’ stated business activities and linkages, cross-referenced against the category counts in the statement — it is not stated explicitly, entity-by-entity, in either underlying press release.

and OFAC included two press charts – one of CJNG’s leaders:

20260723_cjng_leaders Download

and one of networks linked to it:

20260723_cjng_networks Download
July 23, 2026

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Belarus, Cuba, Designations, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Press Charts, Terrorism
July 1, 2026: OFAC Adds to Counter-Narcotics & Counter-Terror rolls, and makes some updates, too
Counter Narcotics Designations; Counter Terrorism Designations and Designation Update

Additions:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Brazilian Criminal Network Exploiting U.S. Financial System to Launder Drug Proceeds

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059  Executive Order 14059

DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Address: Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

DOB: 11 Feb 1985

POB: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nationality: Brazil

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Passport: FT087922 (Brazil) expires 02 May 2027

National ID No.: 33767898861 (Brazil)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: PRIMEIRO COMANDO DA CAPITAL

Supplemental Information: Shimada is the São Paulo-based leader of a network laundering money on behalf of Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil’s largest transnational criminal gang. He has served as a key link between Florida-based PCC operatives and foreign drug traffickers, and he and his organization have laundered more than $30 million in illicit proceeds generated in and around multiple U.S. cities, using cryptocurrency to move funds back to Brazil on PCC’s behalf. In January 2025, Shimada was briefly held under house arrest in Brazil after one of his companies, Victory Trading Intermediação De Negócios, Cobranças E Tecnologia Ltda, was used to launder money stolen from a Brazilian soccer club in an advertising fraud scheme. He is designated pursuant to Executive Order 14059 for providing, or attempting to provide, financial, material, or technological support for PCC, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing support to or in support of PCC.

NUNES HENRIQUE DE OLIVEIRA, Stella Stefanie

Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil

DOB: 21 Mar 1992

POB: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nationality: Brazil

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

National ID No.: 38917779816 (Brazil)

Party Type: individual

Linked to: DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Supplemental Information: Stella is a close associate and relative of Shimada who has worked as his secretary and served as a broker for bulk cash pickups, providing logistical services that supported Shimada and his network’s laundering operations. She is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, Victor Henrique de Oliveira Shimada.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059  Executive Order 14059

AVENIDAS FLUTUANTES UNIPESSOAL LDA

Address: Setubal, Portugal

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 02 Sep 2021

Organization Type: Transportation and storage

Tax ID No.: PT516576887 (Portugal)

Linked to: DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Supplemental Information: Avenidas Flutuantes Unipessoal Lda is a transportation and storage company based near Lisbon, Portugal, owned by Shimada. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, Shimada.

PIXWAVE SOLUCOES DE PAGAMENTOS LTDA

AKA (Latin script): PIXWAVE SOLUÇÕES DE PAGAMENTOS LTDA

Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 30 Mar 2023

Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities

Tax ID No.: 50147517000186 (Brazil)

Linked to: DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Supplemental Information: Pixwave is one of the São Paulo-based companies in Shimada’s corporate network; per Treasury’s press release, Pixwave is described as a construction company (though OFAC’s own listing classifies its organization type as “Financial and Insurance Activities” — readers should note this discrepancy between the two official sources). It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, Shimada.

VICTORY TRADING INTERMEDIACAO DE NEGOCIOS COBRANCAS E TECNOLOGIA LTDA

AKA (Latin script): VICTORY TRADING INTERMEDIAÇÃO DE NEGÓCIOS, COBRANÇAS E TECNOLOGIA LTDA

Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 04 Aug 2021

Organization Type: Professional, scientific, and technical activities

Tax ID No.: 42987643000110 (Brazil)

Linked to: DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Supplemental Information: Victory Trading is described in Treasury’s press release as a financial services company in Shimada’s corporate network. In January 2025, Shimada was briefly held under house arrest in Brazil because Victory Trading was used to launder money stolen from a Brazilian soccer club as part of an advertising fraud scheme. It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, Shimada.

WAVE CONSTRUCOES INTELIGENTES LTDA

AKA (Latin script): WAVE CONSTRUÇÕES INTELIGENTES LTDA

Address: Santos, Brazil

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 13 Nov 2023

Organization Type: Construction of buildings

Tax ID No.: 52870614000128 (Brazil)

Linked to: DE OLIVEIRA SHIMADA, Victor Henrique

Supplemental Information: Wave is described in Treasury’s press release as a financial services company in Shimada’s corporate network (OFAC’s own listing classifies its organization type as “Construction of buildings” — again, note the discrepancy between the two official sources). It is designated pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, Shimada.

State Press Release: Terrorist Designation of Chone Killers

OFAC Programs:

FTO  Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 597

SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

CHONE KILLERS

AKA: “Chone Killer Gang”

Address: Ecuador

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Type: Transnational Terrorist Group

Target Type: Criminal Organization

Supplemental Information: Chone Killers is an Ecuadorian gang that has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers, and government officials, including high-profile assassinations of public officials. It originated as a faction of Los Choneros — itself a designated FTO and SDGT — before splintering into a separate group in 2020. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the designation as part of continued cooperation with Ecuador and President Daniel Noboa to disrupt narcoterrorist revenue streams. The action was taken pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Executive Order 13224; the FTO designation takes effect upon publication in the Federal Register.

Amendments:

The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

ISIL KHORASAN

AKA:

ISIL’S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH

ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN

ISISK

ISIS-K

IS-KHORASAN

ISLAMIC STATE KHURASAN

ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND LEVANT IN KHORASAN PROVINCE

ISLAMIC STATE’S KHORASAN PROVINCE

SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF ISIL

THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND ASH-SHAM – KHORASAN PROVINCE

THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA – KHORASAN

Address: Afghanistan; Pakistan

Digital Currency Address – XMR: 44dZUJ7w1T3fKAvFW8XyXUVoAGSbFvXef2wcbnsjNKGWYorpLJBjth5VKSFhLGkpYKJb2J341tdZHBnbpv72WL7e8zuxfR2; 45ezvPejNsKYntjhyyeb7fbfzilsxYQozc5Ffseh8jPGW4JZQQVXykNTfK5uGFiij7Hp3qPv3T5HCR7F3Fnmz2mzE1aKQwo; 47FVhkRkWgnLs81UBqgY8ui6axAB1627HJjkY2qPnWxMbGfx7387kcY6RzScHgGMQAaH6CBxKXAS4862tS2fhs9BRdmuyav

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 10 Jan 2015

Organization Type: Transnational Terrorist Group

Digital Currency Address – TRX: [see full list under “List of Changes” below]

Supplemental Information: No press release accompanied this amendment. The update adds an organization established date, an organization type, and a large number of digital currency (XMR and TRX) addresses to OFAC’s existing ISIL Khorasan listing; the group’s FTO/SDGT designation itself is unchanged.

List of Changes:

Field Name: Digital Currency Address – XMR

Added: 44dZUJ7w1T3fKAvFW8XyXUVoAGSbFvXef2wcbnsjNKGWYorpLJBjth5VKSFhLGkpYKJb2J341tdZHBnbpv72WL7e8zuxfR2; 45ezvPejNsKYntjhyyeb7fbfzilsxYQozc5Ffseh8jPGW4JZQQVXykNTfK5uGFiij7Hp3qPv3T5HCR7F3Fnmz2mzE1aKQwo; 47FVhkRkWgnLs81UBqgY8ui6axAB1627HJjkY2qPnWxMbGfx7387kcY6RzScHgGMQAaH6CBxKXAS4862tS2fhs9BRdmuyav

Field Name: Organization Established Date

Added: 10 Jan 2015

Field Name: Organization Type

Added: Transnational Terrorist Group

Field Name: Digital Currency Address – TRX

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OFAC Programs:

FTO  Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 597

SDGT  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Sources:

Program Tag Definitions for OFAC Sanctions Lists (OFAC)
July 1, 2026

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Designations, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Terrorism
June 30, 2026: OFAC Update, Part 2 – OFAC adds to narcotics trafficking sanctions, removes from Russian sanctions
Counter Narcotics Designations; Russia-related Designations Removals; Publication of Report for Licensing Activities Undertaken Pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act (TSRA)

Additions:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Targets Criminal Facilitators Behind CJNG’s Cross-Border Fuel Smuggling Schemes

State Press Release: U.S. Sanctions Fuel Theft Operators Benefiting Foreign Terrorist Mexican Cartel

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]  Executive Order 14059

JURAIDINI SILVA, Oscar Guillermo

Mexico

DOB: 01 Sep 1984

POB: Tamaulipas, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: JUSO840901HTSRLS09 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to: Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

Supplemental Information: Juraidini Silva is an accountant who serves as the financial mastermind behind certain CJNG operations. He creates and operates shell companies on the cartel’s behalf and falsifies customs documentation to facilitate the illicit cross-border transfer of fuel, mislabeling imports to circumvent Mexico’s IEPS fuel tax. The majority of his clients are gas station companies that receive and retail the smuggled fuel, and he reportedly generates tens of millions of dollars annually for CJNG. He owns six Mexican companies—Centro Cambiario La Peseta, OJ Living Trust, RK Real King, Soma Transporte y Servicios, Ogui Fletes, and OF Transportes—along with a UK-based company, Cucumber Sweet Waves Ltd. OFAC designated him pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, CJNG.

RUIZ VILLAGOMEZ, J. Refugio

AKA: RUIZ VILLAGOMEZ, Jose Refugio

Mexico

DOB: 27 Aug 1961

POB: Guanajuato, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: RUVR610827HGTZLF02 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked to:

Jomadi Logistics and Cargo, S.A. de C.V.

Ahavat Logistics Solution, S.A. de C.V.

Supplemental Information: Ruiz Villagomez plays a role in Jomadi Logistics & Cargo and Ahavat Logistics Solution and has knowingly smuggled fuel from the United States into Mexico without the proper import permits, paying fees to cartels and other criminal organizations that control ports of entry along the border. According to investigative findings made public by Mexico’s Attorney General’s office, Jomadi is an import/export company involved in huachicol fiscal (fiscal fuel theft), and Jomadi and Ahavat have transacted tens of millions of dollars through the U.S. financial system with third parties linked to CJNG’s huachicol-related activities. OFAC designated him pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Jomadi and Ahavat.

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT]  Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]  Executive Order 14059

AHAVAT LOGISTICS SOLUTION, S.A. DE C.V.

Metepec, Mexico, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 13 Feb 2017

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2019037707 (Mexico)

Linked to: Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

Supplemental Information: Ahavat Logistics Solution was designated alongside Jomadi Logistics & Cargo pursuant to E.O. 14059, for having provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended.

CENTRO CAMBIARIO LA PESETA, S.A. DE C.V.

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 01 Feb 2012

Organization Type: Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities, n.e.c.

Folio Mercantil No.: 1610 (Mexico)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: Centro Cambiario La Peseta is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the financial services sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

CUCUMBER SWEET WAVES LTD

27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 02 Sep 2024

Company Number: 15928462 (United Kingdom)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: Cucumber Sweet Waves Ltd is a UK-based business owned by Juraidini Silva. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

JOMADI LOGISTICS AND CARGO, S.A. DE C.V.

AKA:

JOMADI LOGISTICS & CARGO, S.A. DE C.V.

JOMADI LOGISTICS & CARGO, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DE CAPITAL VARIABLE

Metepec, Mexico, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 03 May 2012

Folio Mercantil No.: 46570 (Mexico)

Linked to: Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

Supplemental Information: Per investigative findings made public by Mexico’s Attorney General’s office, Jomadi is an import/export company involved in huachicol fiscal, and it has transacted tens of millions of dollars through the U.S. financial system with third parties linked to CJNG. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059, for having provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, CJNG, and pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended.

OF TRANSPORTES

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Type: Transportation and storage

R.F.C.: JUSO8409010VA (Mexico)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: OF Transportes is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the transportation sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

OGUI FLETES

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Type: Transportation and storage

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: Ogui Fletes is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the transportation sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

OJ LIVING TRUST, S.A.P.I. DE C.V.

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 28 Nov 2022

Organization Type: Real estate activities with own or leased property

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2023006827 (Mexico)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: OJ Living Trust is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the real estate sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

RK REAL KING, S.A. DE C.V.

Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 23 Nov 2018

Organization Type: Real estate activities with own or leased property

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2018095907 (Mexico)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: RK Real King is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the real estate sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

SOMA TRANSPORTE Y SERVICIOS, S.A. DE C.V.

Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Secondary Sanctions Risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 10 Dec 2021

Organization Type: Transportation and storage

Folio Mercantil No.: N-2022000577 (Mexico)

Linked to: Juraidini Silva, Oscar Guillermo

Supplemental Information: Soma Transporte y Servicios is one of six Mexican companies owned by Juraidini Silva, operating in the transportation sector. OFAC designated it pursuant to E.O. 14059 and E.O. 13224, as amended, for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, Juraidini Silva.

Delistings:

The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [RUSSIA-EO14024]  Executive Order 14024

RRG ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, No. 8, Prajay Meadows, No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, India; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Organization Established Date 23 Apr 2008; Tax ID No. AAECR0362B (India); Registration Number U29219TG2008PTC058777 (India).

LOKESH MACHINES LIMITED, B-29, EEIE, Stage II, Hyderabad, Telangana 500037, India; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Organization Established Date 17 Dec 1983; Tax ID No. AAACL4244L (India); Registration Number L29219TG1983PLC004319 (India).

GALAXY BEARINGS LTD, Pariseema Complex, A-53/54, C.G. Road, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad 380009, India; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Tax ID No. AAACG5617Q (India); Registration Number L29120GJ1990PLC014385 (India).

SHAURYA AERONAUTICS PRIVATE LIMITED, T-15, 2nd Floor, Green Park Main, Delhi 110016, India; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Tax ID No. AAFSC3675P (India); Registration Number U74899DL2000PTC108725 (India).

Treasury also released a press chart of the parties designated under the counter-narcotics program:

20260630_fuel_smuggling Download

Sources:

Program Tag Definitions for OFAC Sanctions Lists, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
June 30, 2026

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Designations, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Press Charts, Russia
June 18, 2026: Sanctions Adjacent: Rewards for MS-13 Info

Reward Offers Totaling up to $15 Million for Information Leading to Arrests and/or Convictions of Leaders of Foreign Terrorist Organization MS-13

PRESS STATEMENT

THOMAS “TOMMY” PIGOTT, SPOKESPERSON

JUNE 18, 2026

Today, the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing a reward offer increase under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP) of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, a.k.a. “Porky,” and a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Víctor Eduardo Morales Zelaya, a.k.a. “Cuervo”—both leaders of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designated by the Trump Administration last year.

According to court documents, Archaga Carías and Morales Zelaya are the highest-ranking members of MS-13 in Honduras and are responsible for directing the gang’s criminal activities, including drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, kidnappings, and other violent crimes. They are also responsible for the gang’s importation of large amounts of cocaine into the United States. Archaga Carías and Morales Zelaya both remain at large.

Archaga Carías is one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, as well as one of the DEA’s and Homeland Security Investigations’ most wanted fugitives. This case is part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) established by Executive Order 14159. The HSTF is a permanent, whole-of-government task force dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad.

Today’s reward offers are authorized by the Under Secretary for Arms Control and Security under the TOCRP, which supports law enforcement efforts to disrupt transnational crime globally. If you have information, please contact the FBI by phone (WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram) at +1 832-267-1688. If you are located outside of the United States, you may also contact the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. If you are in the United States, you may also contact the local FBI office in your city.

ALL IDENTITIES ARE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Government officials and employees are not eligible for rewards based on information provided in the course of official duty.

June 18, 2026

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Narcotics Trafficking, Terrorism, Transnational Criminal Organizations, Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP), US State Department (US)
May 20, 2026: Additions to OFAC Counter-Narcotics and Counter-Terrorism programs
Counter Narcotics and Counter Terrorism Designations

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

AISPURO FELIX, Jesus Alonso

Address: Mexico

DOB: 01 Aug 1981

POB: Durango, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: AIFJ810801HDGSLS08 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: The Sinaloa Cartel was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by the U.S. Department of State on February 20, 2025, following Executive Order 14157 issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

BOJORQUEZ CHAPARRO, Castulo

Address: Sinaloa, Mexico

DOB: 23 Mar 1978

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: BOCC780323HSLJHS08 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

Supplemental Information: Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas (a.k.a. “El Chuy Gonzalez”) is the leader of the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization, designated by OFAC under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act in May 2021. OFAC has described the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO as one of the largest sources of raw opium gum and heroin in northern Mexico and a major distributor of fentanyl to U.S. markets. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

CASTRO ROCHA, Noe de Jesus

Address: Sinaloa, Mexico

DOB: 10 Nov 1975

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: CARN751110HSLSCX05 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

GARCIA SANDOVAL, Fredi Ismael

Address: Mexico City, Mexico

DOB: 29 Aug 1973

POB: Chihuahua, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GASF730829HCHRNR09 (Mexico)

RFC: GAGF9908292X4 (Mexico)

alt. RFC: GASF730829UN5 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

MORENO ZAMORA, Luis Arnulfo

Address: Sinaloa, Mexico

DOB: 01 Feb 1990

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: MOZL900201HSLRMS01 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

OJEDA AVILES, Armando de Jesus

Address: Mexico

DOB: 01 May 1985

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x038989cbb1710c72b9920dc4fa529158f463e72c

alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x14779CEC0B117d5194c750C55Ea1f42086631964

alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x32dA24Ca413F3E7B53145D4737e172C3bdF81e3e

alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xf2235d55b2950a0b1317469d72d07ae65b2e27cb

alt. Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0x4F428c11Dc82388fa5136D636e613ad923Eb700B

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: OEAA850501HSLJVR09 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: OFAC identified five Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet addresses associated with this individual, reflecting the Sinaloa Cartel’s documented use of digital assets to move illicit proceeds. The Sinaloa Cartel was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization and SDGT on February 20, 2025. No prior OFAC designation record found for this individual.

OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

Address: Mexico

DOB: 29 May 1979

POB: Chihuahua, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

R.F.C.: OORA790529H89 (Mexico)

C.U.R.P.: OORA790529HCHRML03 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: OJEDA AVILES, Armando de Jesus

OROZCO ROMERO, Liliana

Address: Mexico

DOB: 14 Jan 1976

POB: Chihuahua, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

R.F.C.: OORL760114EN6 (Mexico)

C.U.R.P.: OORL760114MCHRML06 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

ROMERO MORENO, Amalia Margarita

Address: Mexico

DOB: 23 Dec 1957

POB: Chihuahua, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Female

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: ROMA571223MCHMRM07 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

SAENZ AGUILAR, Baltazar

Address: Sinaloa, Mexico

DOB: 12 Aug 1985

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: SAAB850812HSLNGL03 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus

OFAC Program: [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

ALARCON PALOMARES, Rodrigo

Address: Mexico

DOB: 21 Jun 1996

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Digital Currency Address – ETH: 0xaC4cC4B68ea24BbFAAC8fD127B67Ed445ACcCE22

C.U.R.P.: AAPR960621HSLLLD02 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

[SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

GORDITAS CHIWAS

Address: Chihuahua, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 11 Jan 2006

Organization Type: Restaurants and mobile food service activities

R.F.C.: ROMA5712239X0 (Mexico)

Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

GRUPO ESPECIAL MAMBA NEGRA, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.

Address: Chihuahua, Mexico

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Organization Established Date: 25 Mar 2010

Organization Type: Private security activities

Folio Mercantil No.: 25872 (Mexico)

Linked To: OROZCO ROMERO, Alfredo

Amendments:

The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Programs:

[SDNTK]   Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

[SDGT]   Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

[ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]   Executive Order 14059

GONZALEZ PENUELAS, Jesus (Latin: GONZÁLEZ PEÑUELAS, Jesús)

AKA: “EL CHUY GONZALEZ”

Address: Sinaloa, Mexico

DOB: 10 Nov 1969

POB: Sinaloa, Mexico

Nationality: Mexico

Gender: Male

Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

C.U.R.P.: GOPJ691110HSLNXS09 (Mexico)

Party Type: Individual

Linked To: SINALOA CARTEL

Supplemental Information: Jesus Gonzalez Penuelas, known as “El Chuy Gonzalez,” was originally designated by OFAC under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) on May 12, 2021 as the leader of the Gonzalez Penuelas Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). OFAC identified the Gonzalez Penuelas DTO as one of the largest sources of raw opium gum and heroin in northern Mexico and a major distributor of fentanyl to U.S. markets, with operations primarily in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, and distribution cells in California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. He has been indicted on drug trafficking charges by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2017) and by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (2018) and remains a fugitive. Today’s amendment adds the [SDGT] and [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] program tags to his existing [SDNTK] designation and formally links him to the Sinaloa Cartel — designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. Department of State in February 2025 — extending counterterrorism authorities to his designation.

List of Changes:

Field Name: Secondary sanctions risk

Added: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

Field Name: Program Tags

Changed: [SDNTK] to: [SDNTK] [SDGT] [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059]

Field Name: Linked To

Added: SINALOA CARTEL

Mr. Sanctions’ Note: There was no associated press release, so the Supplemental Information came from Claude searching far and wide for things to add to OFAC’s listings.
May 20, 2026

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Designations, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Terrorism

Burning Question: What does a secondary designation under the OFAC counter-terrorism program mean for the Iran and counter-narcotics designees?

What Does Adding a Counter-Terrorism Designation Actually Add?

The right way to think about this is in terms of marginal impact — what additional legal, financial, political, and compliance burden does the SDGT tag bring when layered on top of a pre-existing program designation? And does that marginal impact differ depending on whether the baseline is Iran sanctions or a counter-narcotics designation?

The short answer is: yes, substantially. Adding CT to a narcotics designation is a much larger step than adding CT to an Iran designation, because Iran sanctions already cover much of the same ground — and then some — that the CT program brings. By contrast, a counter-narcotics designee who picks up an SDGT tag is crossing into a meaningfully different legal universe.

What the Counter-Terrorism Designation Brings Independently

Before comparing the additive effects, it helps to be clear about what the SDGT designation itself contributes:

Asset blocking and U.S. person prohibitions. All assets within U.S. financial systems or under U.S. control are immediately frozen. U.S. persons must block all property and interests in property of SDNs within U.S. jurisdiction and avoid any transactions with them. Entities owned 50% or more by one or more SDNs are also considered blocked, even if not explicitly listed.

Civil and criminal penalties (strict liability). Even inadvertent, harmless, and accidental transactions with designated persons can subject a party to significant civil penalties, because OFAC-administered sanctions are considered strict liability offenses. Persons who willfully violate OFAC-administered terrorism sanctions may also face lengthy prison sentences. Civil penalties can reach the greater of $377,700 per violation or twice the value of the underlying transaction; willful violations can result in criminal fines up to $1,000,000 and up to 20 years in prison.

Secondary sanctions against foreign persons. Under EO 13224 as amended by EO 13886, non-U.S. persons who engage in prohibited transactions or dealings subject to U.S. jurisdiction with SDGTs may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, and may also risk being sanctioned by OFAC. Foreign financial institutions may also be subject to correspondent and payable-through account sanctions if they knowingly facilitate significant transactions for or on behalf of an SDGT.

Material support criminal statutes. The SDGT designation activates 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A/B, which criminalize the provision of material support to designated groups. This is a separate criminal regime from OFAC’s civil/administrative authority. OFAC has authority to issue general and specific licenses that can enable humanitarian, peacebuilding, and other exemptions under the SDGT and other sanctions regimes — but no comparable licensing authority exists under the material support statutes.

Anti-Terrorism Act civil litigation exposure. An FTO/SDGT designation increases the risk of civil terrorism suits, governmental investigation, and administrative and criminal actions under the ATA (Anti-Terrorism Act), as amended by JASTA.

BIS export controls. The Bureau of Industry and Security requires a license for the export of any item to a person designated as an SDGT and does not provide a license exception.

Enhanced national security apparatus. The fact of designation can enable the government to bring to bear additional national security authorities, including counterterrorism authorities and resources. That additional attention will likely reach and reveal activities by individuals and entities associated (wittingly or unwittingly) with newly designated parties, which will in turn expose them to risk of further investigation.

Reputational stigma and contagion risk. Designation imposes a severe reputational stigma — the stamp of a government label that an organization or individual is a terrorist. An entity that materially assists or supports a designated SDGT may itself be subject to designation under EO 13224.

Adding CT to an Iran Sanctions Designation: Marginal Impact

For a party already designated under Iran sanctions authorities — say, under EO 13846, EO 13902, the IFSR, or the ITSR — much of the damage from blocking and secondary sanctions has already been done. The Iran program is one of OFAC’s most comprehensive, and it already brings:

Full U.S. person blocking prohibitions covering not just the designated person but the entire Iranian financial and energy sector

Robust statutory secondary sanctions under CISADA, IFCA, CAATSA, and other Iran-specific statutes, which threaten non-U.S. persons’ access to the U.S. financial system for conduct with no U.S. nexus — this goes significantly further than EO 13224’s secondary sanctions language

Sector-wide prohibitions, not just entity-specific blocking, covering Iranian banking, energy, shipping, and other industries

Extension of compliance obligations to foreign subsidiaries of U.S. persons under 31 CFR § 560.215 — a feature not universally present in other OFAC programs

When the SDGT tag is layered on top, the person is now subject to the targeted CT sanctions program in addition to the country-specific Iran program. The incremental additions are real but relatively narrow:

What CT meaningfully adds to an Iran designation:

Activation of the material support criminal statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A/B), which the Iran program doesn’t trigger on its own

ATA/JASTA civil lawsuit exposure against parties who dealt with the designee

BIS no-license-exception rule specifically tied to SDGT status

The “terrorist” label itself, which carries political and diplomatic weight beyond the sanctions restrictions — SDGT is a qualitative statement about the designee’s character that Iran sanctions, focused on national security and foreign policy toward a country, do not necessarily make

What CT does not meaningfully add to an Iran designation:

The secondary sanctions exposure for foreign persons is already robust under Iran-specific statutes, in many cases more extensive than what flows from EO 13224/13886 alone

The blocking mechanism is already fully in place

The reputational harm is already substantial — though the “terrorist” label does add a specific stigma

In short: for an Iran designee, the SDGT overlay is a real upgrade in terms of criminal law exposure (material support) and civil litigation risk (ATA), but it adds relatively little on the financial sanctions and secondary sanctions dimensions, where Iran already does heavy lifting.

Adding CT to a Counter-Narcotics Designation: Marginal Impact

The counter-narcotics baseline is structurally thinner. The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and the resulting Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations derive directly from a statute rather than an executive order — in several respects quirky vis-à-vis the typical IEEPA-based blocking regulation. The Kingpin Act establishes blocking and U.S. person prohibitions against the designee, but it is fundamentally a targeted blocking program without the country-level architecture or the statutory secondary sanctions depth of the Iran program.

Notably, SDN entries for Kingpin/narcotics designees ([SDNTK]) do not carry the “Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224” language that SDGT entries do — that language is specific to the CT designation. Narcotics entries also do not carry the “Subject to Secondary Sanctions” language that Iran-program entries carry. This is an important baseline difference.

When the SDGT tag is added to a counter-narcotics designee, the incremental impact is substantially larger than in the Iran case:

What CT meaningfully adds to a narcotics designation:

Secondary sanctions against foreign persons — this is a major addition. Non-U.S. persons who engage in prohibited transactions with SDGTs may be subject to civil or criminal penalties, and may also risk being sanctioned by OFAC. Foreign financial institutions may also be subject to correspondent and payable-through account sanctions if they knowingly facilitate significant transactions for or on behalf of an SDGT. The Kingpin Act doesn’t carry this lever; CT does.

Material support criminal statutes — same as in the Iran case, but even more consequential here because the narcotics program had no equivalent criminal overlay

ATA/JASTA civil litigation exposure — entirely new for a narcotics designee; the ATA is terrorism-specific

BIS no-license-exception export rule — tied specifically to SDGT status

The “terrorist” label and its political/diplomatic weight, which transforms the foreign policy signal from “drug trafficker” to “terrorist” — a much more significant diplomatic instrument with implications for how allied governments treat the designee

Contagion risk under CT authority — the 50% rule could increase the number of individuals and entities that are blocked pursuant to CT designations, even if not listed on the SDN list themselves. While this rule applies to narcotics too, the CT framework’s broad “associated with” nexus for new designations is more expansive

Heightened compliance scrutiny — this results in increased legal and operational risks for human rights and social services organizations and nonprofits who must interact with these groups. The CT framework activates compliance concerns in sectors that may be comfortable doing business with parties adjacent to narcotics trafficking (e.g., banks in certain jurisdictions) but that draw a hard line at terrorism

What CT does not add to a narcotics designation:

The core blocking mechanism is already present under the Kingpin Act

The “50% rule” already applies under the narcotics program

The Bottom Line Comparison

Dimension CT added to Iran CT added to Narcotics
Asset blocking Already covered; no material change Already covered; no material change
U.S. person prohibitions Already covered Already covered
Secondary sanctions on foreign persons Marginal addition — Iran statutes already more powerful Major addition — not present under Kingpin
Foreign subsidiary compliance extension Already covered under Iran (31 CFR § 560.215) Not applicable; no change
Material support criminal statutes Meaningful addition — Iran doesn’t trigger these Major addition — entirely new legal exposure
ATA/JASTA civil suits Meaningful addition Major addition — entirely new
BIS export controls (no license exception) Meaningful addition Major addition
“Terrorist” label / diplomatic signal Adds specificity to what Iran designation implies Qualitative transformation of the designation’s meaning
National security apparatus activation Meaningful addition Major addition

The pattern is clear: adding CT to a narcotics designation is a much larger step than adding it to an Iran designation. Iran sanctions already impose much of what CT brings on the financial side, and in some respects (sector-wide prohibitions, statutory secondary sanctions depth, foreign subsidiary obligations) Iran goes further than CT ever could on its own. What CT adds to Iran is primarily in the criminal law and civil litigation domains — significant, but incremental.

For a narcotics designee, by contrast, the CT overlay brings an entirely new dimension of secondary sanctions exposure, a new criminal regime, and a qualitative recharacterization that changes how every third party — governments, financial institutions, NGOs, businesses — has to think about the person.

The current administration’s expansion of CT authorities to encompass transnational criminal organizations traditionally dealt with through counter-narcotics frameworks is itself a reflection of this dynamic — layering CT on top of narcotics designations is a meaningful escalation tool precisely because it adds so much that the narcotics program lacks.

Dimension	CT added to Iran	CT added to Narcotics
Asset blocking	Already covered; no material change	Already covered; no material change
U.S. person prohibitions	Already covered	Already covered
Secondary sanctions on foreign persons	Marginal addition — Iran statutes already more powerful	Major addition — not present under Kingpin
Foreign subsidiary compliance extension	Already covered under Iran (31 CFR § 560.215)	Not applicable; no change
Material support criminal statutes	Meaningful addition — Iran doesn’t trigger these	Major addition — entirely new legal exposure
ATA/JASTA civil suits	Meaningful addition	Major addition — entirely new
BIS export controls (no license exception)	Meaningful addition	Major addition
“Terrorist” label / diplomatic signal	Adds specificity to what Iran designation implies	Qualitative transformation of the designation’s meaning
National security apparatus activation	Meaningful addition	Major addition

Sources

OFAC — Counter Terrorism Sanctions FAQ: ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396
OFAC — Counter Terrorism Sanctions program page: ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/counter-terrorism-sanctions
OFAC — Counter Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions program page: ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-programs-and-country-information/counter-narcotics-trafficking-sanctions
OFAC — Basic Information FAQ: ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1501
eCFR, 31 CFR Part 598: ecfr.gov
State Department — EO 13224 overview: state.gov
ICNL — Federal Terrorism Law Explainer: icnl.org
ACLU — SDGT Designation Briefer: assets.aclu.org
Baker Botts — FTO/SDGT Compliance Alert (Jan. 2025): bakerbotts.com
Jones Day — Cartel FTO/SDGT Risk Alert (Feb. 2025): jonesday.com
WilmerHale — EO 14157 Implications (Apr. 2025): wilmerhale.com
WilmerHale — Understanding Different Terrorism Designations (Oct. 2025): wilmerhale.com
Carter Ledyard & Milburn — OFAC SDN List Overview: clm.com
Charity & Security Network — Cartel SDGT Alert (Apr. 2025): charityandsecurity.org
Global Investigations Review — U.S. Sanctions Perspective (2026 ed.): globalinvestigationsreview.com
Turbofac — FNKDA annotations: sanctions.org
Federal Register — Narcotics Sanctions Regulations amendment (May 2021): federalregister.gov

Mr. Sanctions’ Note: I made the conscious decision not to restate this in plain language for non-experts. I knew this was kind of intricate and really for more experienced and expert practitioners. If you’d like a plain language version of this, let me know – happy to put Claude to work.

May 19, 2026

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Burning Questions, Iran, Narcotics Trafficking, OFAC (US), Terrorism

Category: Narcotics Trafficking

Delistings:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Major Ecuador-Based Cocaine Network Linked to Violent Gangs and Mexican Cartels

State Press Release: Sanctioning Ecuador-based Cocaine Network Linked to Violent Gangs and Mexican Cartels

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Increases Sanctions on Hizballah and Targets Network Smuggling Millions in Cash for Hizballah

State Press Release: U.S. Sanctions Smuggling Network for Qods Force and Hizballah

State Press Release: Imposing Sanctions on Cuban Regime Actors Associated with Marxist Subversive Networks and Corrupt Economic Dealings

State Fact Sheet: Imposing Sanctions on Cuban Regime Actors Associated with Marxist Subversive Networks and Corrupt Economic Dealings – Fact Sheet

Additions:

Amendments:

List of Changes:

List of Changes:

Press Chart: Ecuadorian Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Network

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchanges Funding Iran’s IRGC and Enabling Illicit Finance

State Press Release: Targeting Digital Asset Exchanges Fueling the Iranian Regime

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Dismantles Iranian Regime’s Global Clandestine Currency Networks

State Press Release: Severing Iran’s Illicit Cash Pipeline

Additions:

Delistings:

Additions:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Disrupts Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

State Press Release: Dismantling Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Takes Largest Action Ever Targeting Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

State Press Release: Sanctioning Over 50 Targets Linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

State Press Release: Additional Sanctions Designations Targeting the Corrupt Cuban Communist Regime and Its Financial Backers

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Disrupts Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

State Press Release: Dismantling Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Financial Networks

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Takes Largest Action Ever Targeting Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion

State Press Release: Sanctioning Over 50 Targets Linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

State Press Release: Additional Sanctions Designations Targeting the Corrupt Cuban Communist Regime and Its Financial Backers

Delistings:

Additions:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Brazilian Criminal Network Exploiting U.S. Financial System to Launder Drug Proceeds

State Press Release: Terrorist Designation of Chone Killers

Amendments:

Additions:

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Targets Criminal Facilitators Behind CJNG’s Cross-Border Fuel Smuggling Schemes

State Press Release: U.S. Sanctions Fuel Theft Operators Benefiting Foreign Terrorist Mexican Cartel

Delistings:

Additions:

Amendments:

What Does Adding a Counter-Terrorism Designation Actually Add?

What the Counter-Terrorism Designation Brings Independently

Adding CT to an Iran Sanctions Designation: Marginal Impact

Adding CT to a Counter-Narcotics Designation: Marginal Impact

The Bottom Line Comparison

Sources