US Sanctions Colombians, Mexican Businesses for Drug Trafficking Ties
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned five Colombian nationals and two Mexican businesses for ties to illegal drug trade.
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The agency designated Jose Miguel Demoya Hernandez, Alexander Celis Durango, Jose Gonzalo Sanchez Sanchez, Jose Emilson Cordoba Quinto and Wilder de Jesus Alcaraz Morales for working for or with Colombia’s Clan del Golfo, one of the country’s largest drug trafficking organizations, or for moving migrants and drugs through the organization’s territory.
OFAC also sanctioned Mexico-based Nieves y Paletas EVI, which markets itself as a frozen dessert business, and Farmacia y Mini Super Trinidad, a retail pharmacy and supermarket, for being owned by drug traffickers previously sanctioned by the agency.