OFAC blocks Colombians with drug-trafficking ties

U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in transactions with nine men.    The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has published the names of nine Colombians who have been placed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
   According to OFAC, all nine men were directed by or acting for or on behalf of the Rincon Castillo drug-trafficking organization.
   All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these men are blocked, and U.S. citizens are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them, according to OFAC.
   Named to the list are Diosde Gonzalez Rodriguez, Gustavo Rincon Castillo, Emerio Rincon Castillo, Salvador Rincon Castillo, Gilberto Rincon Castillo, Pedro Rincon Castillo, Omar Josue Rincon Castillo, Julio Rodolfo Solano Chaves and Horacio de Jesus Triana Romero.
   More information is available from the Federal Register.