The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on four individuals and four entities for their involvement in supporting the ongoing civil war in Sudan. According to OFAC, this network is largely made up of Colombian nationals and companies that have been recruiting former Colombian military personnel—including children—to fight for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese paramilitary group.
“Treasury is targeting a network that recruits fighters for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley. “The RSF has shown again and again that it is willing to target civilians—including infants and young children. Its brutality has deepened the conflict and destabilized the region, creating the conditions for terrorist groups to grow.”
Since April 2023, when fighting intensified in Sudan, reports indicate that RSF militias have repeatedly targeted civilians with systematic violence, including mass killings, torture, sexual violence, and preventing access to humanitarian aid. The press release states that after an 18-month siege, supported by Colombian fighters, RSF forces captured El Fasher—the capital of North Darfur—on October 26, 2025. Following this event, mass atrocities were reported in the city.
On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of State determined that members of the RSF had committed genocide.
U.S. officials say hundreds of former Colombian soldiers have traveled to Sudan since September 2024 to support RSF operations as infantrymen, drone pilots, vehicle operators, instructors—and some have trained children as fighters.
OFAC’s investigation found that Alvaro Andres Quijano Becerra—a dual Colombian-Italian national based in the United Arab Emirates—plays a central role in recruiting Colombians for deployment to Sudan through a network involving multiple associates and companies. In Colombia, Bogota-based International Services Agency (A4SI), co-founded by Quijano and managed by his wife Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero, acts as a main recruiting node.
Panama-based Global Staffing S.A., now known as Talent Bridge S.A., was used to minimize A4SI’s legal exposure while facilitating contracts and payments related to fighter recruitment. Maine Global Corp S.A.S., another employment agency based in Bogota and managed by Mateo Andres Duque Botero—a dual Colombian-Spanish national—managed funds associated with these activities with support from firms located in Colombia, the United States, and United Kingdom.
Colombian national Monica Muñoz Ucros was identified as Maine Global Corp’s alternate manager as well as manager of Comercializadora San Bendito—a company also implicated in financial transfers connected with these activities.
As a result of these findings:
– Quijano and A4SI are sanctioned under Executive Order (E.O.) 14098 for actions threatening peace or stability in Sudan.
– Oliveros is sanctioned under E.O. 14098 due to her leadership role at A4SI.
– Global Staffing is sanctioned under E.O. 14098 for acting on behalf of A4SI.
– Maine Global Corp is sanctioned under E.O. 14098 for materially assisting Global Staffing.
– Duque and Muñoz are each sanctioned under E.O. 14098 due to their roles at Maine Global Corp.
– San Bendito is sanctioned under E.O. 14098 due to its connection with Muñoz.
With these sanctions now effective:
All property or interests belonging to those designated within U.S jurisdiction are blocked; U.S persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions involving them unless authorized by OFAC; violations can result in civil or criminal penalties; entities owned more than fifty percent by designated persons are also blocked; financial institutions risk secondary sanctions if they conduct certain transactions with listed individuals or entities; guidance exists on seeking removal from OFAC lists if appropriate.
For further details about today’s designations: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2345
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