Last Updated: July 9, 2026

Arnulfo SANCHEZ GONZALEZ

Nationality

Colombia

Date of birth

1972-07-14

Place of birth

Casanare, Colombia

Address

Colombia

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

OFAC also targeted leaders of criminal groups, known as Bandas Criminales, or BACRIM, in Colombia that are associated with Rendon Herrera, including Juan de Dios Usuga David, Dairo Antonio Usuga David, Walter Ochoa Guisao, Jose Maria Negrete Luna, Roberto Vargas Gutierrez, and Arnulfo Sanchez Gonzalez. BACRIM is a general term for criminal organizations that operate in specific zones of control throughout Colombia and are involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, drug debt collections, arms trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnappings, and assassinations.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg595

Date of listing

2010-03-18

Program information

Authority

Program

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Drugs

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598 (FNKSR), implement the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908), which provides authority for the application of sanctions to significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations operating worldwide.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/17/2021-10314/narcotics-trafficking-sanctions-regulations-and-foreign-narcotics-kingpin-sanctions-regulations

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