OFAC has added the following persons:
ARCHAGA CARIAS, Yulan Adonay (a.k.a. "MENDOZA, Alexander"; a.k.a. "PORKY"), Honduras; DOB 13 Feb 1982; alt. DOB 21 Jan 1982; POB San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; nationality Honduras; Gender Male (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: MS-13).
CAMPBELL LICONA, David Elias (a.k.a. PEREZ PAZ, Jorge Eduardo; a.k.a. "CAMPBELL, David"; a.k.a. "DON DAVID"; a.k.a. "VIEJO DAN"), Nicaragua; DOB 18 Mar 1967; alt. DOB 20 Oct 1967; alt. DOB 02 Jan 1964; POB San Pedro Sula, Honduras; nationality Honduras; Gender Male; Numero de Identidad 0501-1967-02094 (Honduras) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: MS-13).
to its Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) sanctions, and removed these other designations:
LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ) (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTIEV, Vladislav (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTIEV, Vlantislav (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTYEV, Vadim (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTYEV, Vadik (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
"BELOBRYSYY" (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
"BELYY" (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
"VADIK BELEY" (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ"); a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
"VADIM BELYY" (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ")), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
"VADIK BELYY" (Cyrillic: "ВАДИК БЕЛЫЙ") (a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vladislav; a.k.a. LEONTIEV, Vlantislav; a.k.a. LEONTJEVAS, Vladislavas; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadik; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vadim; a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vladislav Vladimirovich (Cyrillic: ЛЕОНТЬЕВ, ВЛАДИСЛАВ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧ); a.k.a. LEONTYEV, Vyacheslav; a.k.a. "BELOBRYSYY"; a.k.a. "BELYY"; a.k.a. "VADIK BELEY"; a.k.a. "VADIM BELYY"), Al Fattan Marina Tower, #901, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Nizhny Novgorod 6th District, #1A, Russia; Mikrorayon 6, 1/A-81, Avtozavodsky District, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; DOB 05 Jul 1971; POB Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Passport 515731854 (Russia); alt. Passport 2200319927 (Russia); alt. Passport AK0517906 (Greece); alt. Passport H2214925 (Ghana); alt. Passport 326106; alt. Passport 1602418; alt. Passport 20382107; Identification Number 60229551 (United Arab Emirates) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: THIEVES-IN-LAW).
MANUYLOV, Aleksandr Leonidovich (a.k.a. MANUILOV, Alexander; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Alexander; a.k.a. "SASHA SAMARSKIY"); DOB 03 Mar 1962; POB Russia; Passport 3056306 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
MANUILOV, Alexander (a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Aleksandr Leonidovich; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Alexander; a.k.a. "SASHA SAMARSKIY"); DOB 03 Mar 1962; POB Russia; Passport 3056306 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
MANUYLOV, Alexander (a.k.a. MANUILOV, Alexander; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Aleksandr Leonidovich; a.k.a. "SASHA SAMARSKIY"); DOB 03 Mar 1962; POB Russia; Passport 3056306 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
"SASHA SAMARSKIY" (a.k.a. MANUILOV, Alexander; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Aleksandr Leonidovich; a.k.a. MANUYLOV, Alexander); DOB 03 Mar 1962; POB Russia; Passport 3056306 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
AVUAR OOO (a.k.a. AVUAR LLC), 12/120, Komn 51, Ulitsa Demokraticheskaya, Samara 443031, Russia; National ID No. 1036300456213 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 14565711 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 6315565439 (Russia) [TCO].
AVUAR LLC (a.k.a. AVUAR OOO), 12/120, Komn 51, Ulitsa Demokraticheskaya, Samara 443031, Russia; National ID No. 1036300456213 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 14565711 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 6315565439 (Russia) [TCO].
SHLYKOV, Igor Leonidovich (a.k.a. "SHLYK"); DOB 02 Nov 1967; Passport 530134972 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
"SHLYK" (a.k.a. SHLYKOV, Igor Leonidovich); DOB 02 Nov 1967; Passport 530134972 (Russia) (individual) [TCO].
LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigoriy; a.k.a. LEPS, Grigory; a.k.a. "GRISHA"), Phuket, Thailand; DOB 16 Jul 1962; POB Sochi, Russia (individual) [TCO].
LEPS, Grigory (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigoriy; a.k.a. LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich; a.k.a. "GRISHA"), Phuket, Thailand; DOB 16 Jul 1962; POB Sochi, Russia (individual) [TCO].
LEPS, Grigoriy (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigory; a.k.a. LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich; a.k.a. "GRISHA"), Phuket, Thailand; DOB 16 Jul 1962; POB Sochi, Russia (individual) [TCO].
"GRISHA" (a.k.a. LEPS, Grigoriy; a.k.a. LEPS, Grigory; a.k.a. LEPSVERIDZE, Grigory Victorovich), Phuket, Thailand; DOB 16 Jul 1962; POB Sochi, Russia (individual) [TCO].
M S GROUP INVEST OOO, 9 Prospekt Universitetski, Moscow 119296, Russia; National ID No. 5107746076994 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 69686198 (Russia); alt. National ID No. 7736626537 (Russia) [TCO].
FRIENDS TRAVEL INN PRIVATE LIMITED (a.k.a. FRIENDS TRAVEL INN PVT LTD), Basement Al Hajj Tower Basement Jhangir Abad Bus Stop, University Road, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan; Basement Al Haj Tower, University Road, Peshawar, Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa 25000, Pakistan; Website www.ftravelinn.com; Organization Established Date 04 Jul 2010; Organization Type: Travel agency activities; Commercial Registry Number 0072107 (Pakistan) [TCO] (Linked To: ABID ALI KHAN TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION).
FRIENDS TRAVEL INN PVT LTD (a.k.a. FRIENDS TRAVEL INN PRIVATE LIMITED), Basement Al Hajj Tower Basement Jhangir Abad Bus Stop, University Road, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan; Basement Al Haj Tower, University Road, Peshawar, Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa 25000, Pakistan; Website www.ftravelinn.com; Organization Established Date 04 Jul 2010; Organization Type: Travel agency activities; Commercial Registry Number 0072107 (Pakistan) [TCO] (Linked To: ABID ALI KHAN TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION).
Also, they issued a press chart for the newly-designated MS-13 members:
Additionally, OFAC also published one new Russia-related Frequently Asked Question (FAQ):
RUSSIAN HARMFUL FOREIGN ACTIVITIES SANCTIONS
1113. If a decedent’s estate includes securities issued by non-blocked Russian entities, do the new investment prohibitions in Executive Order (E.O.) 14066, E.O. 14068, or E.O. 14071 prohibit the transfer of such securities, through inheritance, to the relevant beneficiary of the decedent’s estate?
Answer
No. U.S. persons, including U.S. financial institutions, may transfer securities issued by non-blocked Russian entities from a decedent’s estate to the account of a relevant beneficiary or beneficiaries, including a successor entity (e.g., a family trust), provided such transfers (i) are part of the ordinary course administration of the decedent’s estate, (ii) do not involve an exchange for value, and (iii) have no other sanctions nexus (including the involvement of blocked persons).
Please note, however, that blocked securities in a decedent’s estate must remain blocked. The administration of a decedent’s estate requiring the transfer of blocked securities would require a specific license from OFAC. To apply for a specific license, please go to our License Application Page.
Date Released
February 8, 2023
FAQ 1113
And Treasury:
PRESS RELEASES
Treasury Sanctions MS-13-Affiliates for Drug Trafficking and Contract Killings in Central America and the United States
February 8, 2023
Action Part of Interagency Effort to Disrupt Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias a.k.a. “Alexander Mendoza” a.k.a. “Porky,” an MS-13 gang leader based in Honduras, and David Elias Campbell Licona a.k.a. “Jorge Eduardo Perez Paz,” an MS-13 associate based in Nicaragua, pursuant to transnational criminal organization authorities. Both individuals are heavily involved in drug trafficking, violence, murder, extortion, and money laundering.
The U.S. Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program also announced a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias. Submit tips via phone, text, or through the following applications WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram at (+1-202-451-8122) or in Honduras (+504-8886-7166).
“Treasury’s sanctions against MS-13 aim to interrupt its use of the financial system to launder illicit proceeds,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “MS-13 is a violent, destabilizing threat to the security of people in Central America. Its criminal activities degrade economies in the region to such a degree that citizens are compelled to seek safety and better opportunities elsewhere.”
Today’s action is also supported by the Joint Task Force Vulcan and the U.S. Southern Command.
MS-13
In October 2012, MS-13 became the first transnational criminal street gang to be designated by Treasury as a transnational criminal organization. MS-13 conducts its illicit activities in the United States and around the world. MS-13’s criminal activity includes human smuggling, sex trafficking, narcotics trafficking, murder, assassinations, racketeering, blackmail, extortion, and immigration offenses. MS-13’s criminal activities have helped make Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras one of the most violent regions in the world. MS-13’s violent grip in Central America is one of the forces driving thousands of migrants to flee for the United States. Migrants from the Northern Triangle—Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—have headed to the U.S. southern border in much publicized caravans to flee violence and poverty.
YULAN ADONAY ARCHAGA CARIAS
Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias (Archaga Carias) is a leader of MS-13 in Honduras who has led MS-13 drug trafficking operations that included processing, receiving, transporting, and distributing multi-ton loads of cocaine through Honduras to the United States, and he has ordered the murders of rival gang members and others associated with MS-13. Archaga Carias contracted out members of MS-13 as “sicarios,” or assassins, to other drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) for payment. In that role, members of MS-13 committed numerous murders for hire for DTOs trafficking cocaine through Honduras to the United States. Archaga Carias also supplied other DTOs with firearms, including machine guns, that were received from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and elsewhere. Archaga Carias is a fugitive from U.S. and Honduran law enforcement. Archaga Carias has escaped from prison in Honduras; his escape involved a group of over 20 men who may or may not have been actual officers wearing Honduran military and National Anti-Gang Force uniforms carrying assault weapons. The group succeeded in violently rescuing him from the courthouse in El Progreso, Honduras, leaving at least five dead (including police officers) at the site. A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Archaga Carias in 2021 for various conspiracy charges including racketeering, cocaine importation, murder, and possession of machine guns.
OFAC designated Archaga Carias pursuant to E.O. 13581, as amended by E.O. 13863, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, MS-13.
DAVID ELIAS CAMPBELL LICONA
David Elias Campbell Licona (Campbell Licona) is an MS-13 associate who planned and coordinated retaliatory acts of violence with Archaga Carias and assisted MS-13 and Archaga Carias in establishing businesses to launder the gang’s drug proceeds. Campbell Licona and MS-13 used businesses they owned or controlled to launder drug proceeds, including through banks in the United States. Campbell Licona is currently incarcerated in Nicaragua. A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Campbell Licona in the same 2021 indictment as Archaga Carias for various conspiracy charges, including racketeering, cocaine importation, murder, and possession of machine guns.
OFAC designated Campbell Licona pursuant to E.O. 13581, as amended by E.O. 13863, for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, MS-13.
SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS
As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated persons described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons.
The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFAC’s ability to designate and add persons to the SDN List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please refer to OFAC’s Frequently Asked Question 897. For detailed information on the process to submit a request for removal from an OFAC sanctions list, please click here.
U.S. Treasury Department Press Release
and State:
Department of State Announces Reward Offers for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of MS-13 Leader in Honduras
PRESS STATEMENT
NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Today we are announcing a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Yulan Adonay Archaga Carías, also known as “Porky” or Alex Mendoza, for conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in transnational organized crime. This announcement complements a U.S. Department of Justice criminal indictment, which charged Archaga Carías in 2021 with conspiracy to violate the racketeering laws of the United States, conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, and possession of a machine gun in relation to a drug-trafficking crime.
Archaga Carías is the highest-ranking member of Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) in Honduras and is responsible for directing the gang’s criminal activities including drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, kidnappings, and other violent crimes. Archaga Carías is also responsible for the gang’s importation of large amounts of cocaine into the United States.
This announcement is an element of a comprehensive effort in conjunction with the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions against Archaga Carías. Archaga Carías is a most-wanted fugitive by the FBI, DEA, and DHS Homeland Security Investigations.
The United States supports the efforts of law enforcement partners in Honduras seeking justice against violent MS-13 gang members like Archaga Carías. In coordination with these efforts, and to complement the work of police and prosecutors in Honduras, we are announcing the new reward offer today.
Any information in response to the reward offer should be directed to U.S. law enforcement investigators at +1-202-451-8122 or +504 8886-7166(phone/text/WhatsApp/ Telegram/Signal).
This reward is offered under the Department of State’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP). The TOCRP and the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) have helped bring more than 75 transnational criminals and major narcotics traffickers to justice since the NRP’s inception in 1986. The Department has paid more than $155 million in rewards under these programs for information leading to apprehensions and convictions.
For more information on the individuals listed above and the NRP and TOCRP, please see https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-international-narcotics-and-law-enforcement-affairs/inl-rewards-program/.
U.S. State Department Press Release
issued MS-13 related press releases.
Links:
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 1113
Press Releases – Treasury, State
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