Last Updated: July 6, 2026

German Gonzalo SANCHEZ REY

Aliases

COLETA

Date of birth

1973-02-22

Place of birth

Barrancabermeja, Santander, Colombia

Address

Calle 41A No. 55-49, Bogota, Colombia

Reg. ID

79625841, Cedula No.

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated 20 individuals and 25 entities as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). Among the individuals designated today are Colombian nationals and key drug trafficking facilitators for Barrera Barrera, German Gonzalo Sanchez Rey (a.k.a. “Coleta”), Rutdy Alirio Zarate Moreno (a.k.a. “Runcho”), and Carlos Fernando Serralde Plaza.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1002

Date of listing

2010-12-14

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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