Last Updated: July 6, 2026

Maria Helena RUIZ CASTANO

Date of birth

1970-11-17

Address

c/o LADRILLERA LA CANDELARIA LTDA., Cali, Colombia

Reg. ID

66901635, Cedula No.; 66901635, Passport

Function

Drug cartel

Official reason

THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OFAC'S SDN LIST AS SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS.

Sender

Other Information

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20021025

Date of listing

2002-10-25

Program information

Authority

Program

Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 536

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Drugs

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

OFAC administers two sanctions programs with respect to narcotics trafficking. The Narcotics Trafficking Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 536 (NTSR), implement Executive Order (E.O.) 12978 of October 21, 1995, “Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers” (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995), as amended by E.O. 13286 of February 28, 2003, “Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security” (68 FR 10619, March 3, 2003), in which the President declared a national emergency, and imposed sanctions, with respect to “the actions of significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm that they cause in the United States and abroad.”

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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