Last Updated: January 19, 2026
LOPEZ HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION
Address
Mexico; Guatemala
Official reason
Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Lopez Human Smuggling Organization (Lopez HSO), a transnational criminal organization (TCO) based in Guatemala. Human smuggling is a federal crime that includes bringing migrants into the United States illegally, as well as unlawfully transporting and harboring migrants alread...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2490
Date of listing
2024-07-25
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 590; Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Criminal organizations
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
On January 12, 2012, OFAC issued the Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 590 (77 FR 1864, January 12, 2012) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13581 of July 24, 2011, “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations” (76 FR 44757, July 27, 2011), pursuant to authorities delegated t...
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