US Designates Clan del Golfo as Terrorist Organization
The paramilitary group is one of the largest cocaine distributors and human smuggling operators in the world, according to State Department officials.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Ariz., on Sept. 16, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
The United States designated Colombia’s paramilitary group Clan del Golfo, a multibillion-dollar transnational criminal cartel, as a foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist on Tuesday.
The violent and powerful criminal organization has thousands of members.
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