Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59655-59656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23445]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one or more persons that have
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions
with them.
DATES: This action was issued on December 17, 2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section for relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance,
202-622-2490; or <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac">https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website: <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov">https://ofac.treasury.gov</a>.
Notice of OFAC Action
On December 17, 2025, OFAC determined that the property and
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interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed
below.
Entity
1. CARTEL DE SANTA ROSA DE LIMA (a.k.a. SANTA ROSA DE LIMA CARTEL;
a.k.a. ``CSRL''), Mexico; Organization Established Date 2014; Target
Type Criminal Organization [TCO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 13581
of July 24, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal
Organizations,'' 76 FR 44757 (July 27, 2011), as amended by Executive
Order 13863 of March 15, 2019, ``Taking Additional Steps to Address the
National Emergency With Respect to Significant Transnational Criminal
Organizations,'' 84 FR 10255 (March 19, 2019) (E.O. 13581, as amended)
for being a foreign person that constitutes a significant transnational
criminal organization.
Individual
1. YEPEZ ORTIZ, Jose Antonio (a.k.a. ``El Marro''), Mexico; DOB 23
Jul 1980; POB Guanajuato, Mexico; nationality Mexico; Gender Male;
C.U.R.P. YEOA800723HGTPRN07 (Mexico) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To:
CARTEL DE SANTA ROSA DE LIMA).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581, as
amended, for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported
to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Cartel de Santa
Rosa de Lima, a person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13581, as amended.
(Authority: E.O. 13581, as amended.)
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2025-23445 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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