OFAC updates SDN entry for Clan del Golfo, adds terrorism-related tags
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control updated its SDN List entry for Colombia-based Clan del Golfo to reflect additional terrorism-related identifiers and secondary sanctions risk under Executive Order 13224.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List entry for Clan del Golfo, a Colombia-based group also known by multiple aliases.
OFAC’s update adds terrorism-related identifiers to the existing SDN record, including:
- A statement of “secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886”
- Organization type listed as “Transnational Terrorist Group” and target type as “Criminal Organization”
- Tags reflecting designations under SDNTK, FTO and SDGT, in addition to the existing tag referencing ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059
In an accompanying State Department press statement dated Dec. 16, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Department of State designated Clan del Golfo as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Executive Order 13224.
The State Department statement said FTO designations go into effect upon publication in the Federal Register.
OFAC reported no unrelated administrative list changes in the same update.
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