US Designates Clan del Golfo as Terrorist Organization

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 ImagesThe 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.