Last Updated: June 26, 2026

Herman De Jesus MEDINA DIAZ

Date of birth

1968-03-23

Place of birth

Mistrato, Risaralda, Colombia

Reg. ID

18560548, Cedula No.

Function

Drug cartel/Mafia

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated José Berley Guarín Loaiza as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for his significant role in international narcotics trafficking. In addition, OFAC designated five other criminal associates of the Guarín Loaiza drug trafficking organization and three businesses in Colombia and Panama. ther designated individuals include Colombian nationals Herman de Jesus Medina Diaz, Gustavo Bolivar Zapata, Alexis Manuel Romero Rodriguez, and Luis Carlos Bustamante Jaramillo.

Sender

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl10062

Date of listing

2015-05-22

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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