The State Department will announce the designation of the Clan del Golfo, a cocaine- and human-trafficking organized criminal militia in Colombia, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) on Tuesday, Breitbart News learned.
The State Department will also brand the Clan del Golfo a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), a separate category that imposes distinct sanctions on members and leadership of the terrorist group. Breitbart News first reported the designation exclusively on Tuesday alongside the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.
“Clan del Golfo is not just a drug cartel, it’s a Foreign Terrorist Organization that has inflicted untold suffering on the Colombian people and threatens our region’s stability,” a senior State Department official affirmed in remarks to Breitbart News. “This group is a direct threat to our national security interests, and we will use every tool at our disposal — sanctions, law enforcement, intelligence, and international cooperation — to disman
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