Department of State designates 8 more Foreign Terrorist Organizations
DEPARTMENT OF STATE Public Notice: 12672
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 33 / Thursday, February 20, 2025 / Notices
Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations of Tren de Aragua, Mara Salvatrucha, Cartel de Sinaloa, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Carteles Unidos, Cartel del Noreste, Cartel del Golfo, and La Nueva Familia Michoacana
Based upon a review of the Administrative Records assembled in this matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, I have concluded that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter “INA”) (8 U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to: Tren de Aragua (also known as Aragua Train); Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS-13); Cartel de Sinaloa (also known as Sinaloa Cartel, Mexican Federation, Guadalajara Cartel); Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (also known as New Generation Cartel of Jalisco, CJNG, Jalisco New Generation Cartel); Carteles Unidos (also known as United Cartels, Tepalcatepec Cartel, Cartel de Tepalcatepec, The Grandfather Cartel, Cartel del Abuelo, Cartel de Los Reyes); Cartel del Noreste (also known as CDN, Northeast Cartel, Los Zetas); Cartel del Golfo (also known as CDG, Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cardenas-Guillen Organization); and La Nueva Familia Michoacana (also known as LNFM).
Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organizations and their respective aliases as Foreign Terrorist Organizations pursuant to section 219 of the INA.
This determination shall be published in the Federal Register. The designations go into effect upon publication.
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 02/20/2025 and available online at https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-02873, and on https://govinfo.gov
Dated: February 6, 2025
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2025-02873 Filed: 2/19/2025 8:45 am; Publication Date: 2/20/2025]
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, greets Panama’s foreign minister, Javier Martínez-Acha, before meeting with Panama’s president in Panama City on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
