On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added four individuals and 11 entities tied to Mexico's Cartel del Noreste to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. The October 13, 2026 recent action tags the names under Executive Order 14059 (illicit drugs) and, for 13 of the 15, also as specially designated global terrorists, with secondary sanctions risk under section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886.
US banks and payment institutions that clear USD payments, US motor carriers and freight brokers booking Mexico cross-border loads, US propane and fuel wholesalers dealing with Nuevo Laredo distributors, and US quarter-horse owners and racetrack operators dealing with the Garza stable must immediately block property and interests in property of these four individuals and 11 entities, and reject transactions with them, including TAMEX LOGISTICS (SCAC TLOJ, CAAT 7547) and the Nuevo Laredo fuel and construction companies, or property of a US person that belongs to a designated person is blocked and must be reported to OFAC, and a transaction with a blocked person is an IEEPA violation subject to OFAC civil penalties on a strict-liability basis under 31 CFR Part 501. The Treasury release, Treasury Targets Cartel del Noreste's Horse Racing Enterprise and Expansive Criminal Network, frames the action as the horse-racing and facilitator network around that cartel.
Who did OFAC add to the SDN List on October 13, 2026?
OFAC added four Mexican individuals and 11 Mexican entities, all linked in the list text to Cartel del Noreste or to Gamaliel Garza Garcia, except the construction company tied to Gamaliel Garza Elias.
| Name | Place and identifiers | Programs |
|---|---|---|
| GARZA ELIAS, Gamaliel | CURP GAEG970710HTSRLM04 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| GARZA GARCIA, Gamaliel | CURP GAGG741023HNLRRM06 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| GUAJARDO ALVAREZ, Pablo Cesar | a.k.a. El Takia; CURP GUAP981229HTSJLB08 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| INZUNZA PARTIDA, Francisco Javier | a.k.a. Pancho Amador; CURP IUPF861121HCLNRR09 | EO14059 only |
| CLUB LA MOLIENDA | Nuevo Laredo race track and restaurant | SDGT; EO14059 |
| CUADRA SAN DIBANH | Anahuac; horses | SDGT; EO14059 |
| CEGESA | Folio 5576 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| CONCRETOS Y PRODUCTOS ASFALTICOS DEL NORTE | Folio N-2024024028 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| CONSTRUACEROS DEL FUERTE | Folio N-2024028434 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| INOVA NLD DESARROLLOS INMOBILARIOS | Folio N-2024082509 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| DISTRIBUIDORA DE GAS ECONOMICO | Folio N-2025031155 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| GAS ENERGIA CONFIABLE | Folio N-2025036516 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| PROPANE TRADING GROUP | Folio N-2025031199 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| TRANSPORTADORA DE GAS DE NUEVO LAREDO | Folio N-2025031250 | SDGT; EO14059 |
| TAMEX LOGISTICS | SCAC TLOJ; CAAT 7547 | EO14059 only |
The four fuel wholesalers were established on March 11, 2025. TAMEX LOGISTICS and Francisco Javier Inzunza Partida carry the EO 14059 tag only: the recent action does not state secondary sanctions risk for those two names. The press chart of the Cartel del Noreste facilitators network (October 2026) is the Treasury graphic that accompanies the designations. Unrelated administrative list changes on the same action: none.
Which US persons have to screen these names immediately?
The duty falls on US persons by market exposure, not on companies domiciled in Mexico. A US bank or payment institution that clears a dollar payment for any of the 15 names, a US motor carrier or freight broker that books a Mexico load with TAMEX LOGISTICS under SCAC TLOJ or CAAT 7547, a US propane or fuel wholesaler that buys from or sells to the four Nuevo Laredo gas companies, and a US quarter-horse owner or racetrack operator that deals with Club La Molienda, Cuadra San Dibanh or the Garza stables are inside the blocking duty.
Under the OFAC 50 Percent Rule, an entity owned 50 percent or more in the aggregate by one or more blocked persons is itself blocked even when it is not on this list. Screening that stops at the 15 legal names misses majority-owned affiliates. Aliases on the action include "El Takia", "Pancho Amador", CEGESA, La Molienda Race Track, Restaurant Bar La Molienda and Tamex Leasing.
What must change in screening, payments and bookings?
Load the 15 names, aliases, CURPs, folio numbers, SCAC TLOJ and CAAT 7547 into SDN filters and reject the transaction. Block property or an interest in property of a designated person that is in the United States, or in the possession or control of a US person, and report that blocked property to OFAC. The October 13, 2026 action issues no general license.
A continuous, per-jurisdiction sanctions feed surfaces an SDN addition of this kind when OFAC publishes it, before the next cross-border booking is confirmed.
What is the consequence if a match still settles?
Property of a US person that belongs to a designated person is blocked and must be reported to OFAC. A transaction with a blocked person is a violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and can draw a civil penalty under 31 CFR Part 501 on a strict-liability basis: intent is not an element of the civil case. Voluntary self-disclosure under OFAC's enforcement guidelines does not undo a payment that has settled.
Verify whether any counterparty, carrier, fuel supplier or stable matches a name, alias, CURP, folio, SCAC or CAAT on the October 13, 2026 action. Block and report any match, and brief payments, logistics and procurement once the list is loaded.
