Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Octavio CARTAGENA BENITEZ
Aliases
GABRIEL PARACO; DON GABRIEL
DoB
1956-10-18
Reg. ID
15481237, Cedula No.
Official reason
Also designated today by OFAC is Octavio Cartagena Benitez (a.k.a. “Don Gabriel” or “Gabriel Paraco”), who is a primary liaison to La Oficina for Clan Usuga. A truce between La Oficina and Clan Usuga established a power-sharing agreement for criminal activity in Medellin in 2013. Cartagena Benitez works with La Oficina counterpart Juan Carlos Mes...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0089
Date of listing
2015-06-24
Program information
Authority
US
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.
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