On the 18th March, 2010 The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated 15 individuals and eight companies as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers for their ties to Colombian narcotics trafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera (a.k.a. “Don Mario”).
The action, pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act), prohibits U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with the designees and freezes any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction.
Daniel Rendon Herrera, identified as a drug kingpin by President Obama in May 2009 pursuant to the Kingpin Act, has extensive drug transportation networks throughout Colombia that have facilitated the shipment of cocaine to the United States and Europe. Rendon Herrera was arrested by Colombian authorities in April 2009, and the United States is seeking his extradition. Daniel Rendon Herrera and his brother Freddy Rendon Herrera face federal narcotics importation and narco-terrorism conspiracy charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York pursuant to a June 2009 indictment.
OFAC chart of the Daniel Rendon Herrera drug trafficking organisation
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