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Clan del Golfo: US designates Colombian cocaine gang a terrorist group
Source: BBCUS designates Colombian cocaine gang a terrorist group
16 December 2025
Vanessa Buschschlüter
Latin America editor, BBC News Online
The United States has designated a notorious drug-trafficking organisation in Colombia as a terrorist group.
The US Treasury Department added the group, known as Clan del Golfo or Gulf Clan, to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs).
The designation came just hours after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order classifying the drug fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction".
The two moves are seen as a further ramping-up of the Trump administration's war on drugs which has also seen it carry out more than 20 lethal strikes on boats suspected to be carrying drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq4wgle4x5o
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