OFAC Sanctions Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Ring
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a Guatemalan mayor, four Guatemalan nationals, five Guatemalan businesses and a drug trafficking organization as significant narcotics traffickers, Treasury said in a Dec. 19 press release. OFAC sanctioned Erik Salvador Suñiga Rodriguez, the Suñiga Rodriguez drug trafficking organization and various associates and family members of Rodriguez, including Wildin Tulio Jui Escobar, Juan Carlos Cruz Ovalle, Jose Juan Suñiga Rodriguez and Alex Oswaldo Parada Rodriguez. The sanctioned entities include Multiservicios y Finca El Encanto (an agricultural company), Rancho La Dorada (an agricultural company), Cevicheria La Concha (a restaurant), Star Market Melanye (a grocery store) and JC Car Audio (a car audio store), Treasury said. Treasury also released a chart related to the sanctions.
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As part of the announcement, OFAC deleted more than 44 entries from the Specially Designated Nationals List and updated one entry. The entries list people and entities located in Spain and several Latin American countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.