On September 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated individuals and entities for their involvement in the trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States. Specifically, OFAC sanctioned five Colombian nationals who are leaders within Colombia’s Clan del Golfo (“CDG”), also known as Los Urbeños, one of Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organizations. The CDG was designated in the United States under the Kingpin Act in 2013 and under Executive Order 14059, “Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade” in 2021. OFAC also sanctioned two Mexico-based companies that are allegedly owned by previously-designated fentanyl traffickers with the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most notorious and pervasive drug trafficking organizations in the world.
The designations were imposed pursuant to EO 14059 for engaging in activities that materially contribute to the international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of production. As a result of the designations, all property and interests in property of the designated persons within the United States or within the possession or control of a U.S. person are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions involving a designated person. Entities owned 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.
U.S. Department of Treasury Press Release | OFAC – Sinaloa Cartel Chart