Notice2025-23445

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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Published
December 19, 2025

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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office

Abstract

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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