Overview
- OFAC designated Cartel de los Soles as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization, explicitly naming President Nicolás Maduro as its head.
- The ruling immediately blocks all property and interests of the cartel and its members within the United States.
- Treasury officials cited the cartel’s financial and logistical support for Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel in trafficking, extortion, and other transnational crimes.
- Senator Rick Scott praised the designation for enhancing US safety by disrupting the group’s drug networks.
- The move builds on prior terror designations of major cartels and aims to increase external pressure on Maduro’s regime.