# 2025-20750: State Dept Slaps Terror Label on Cartel de los Soles

2025-20750, Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Cartel de los Soles, is a Federal Register notice from State Department published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-24 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20750
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20750
- Title: Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Cartel de los Soles
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: State Department
- Citation: 90 FR 53045
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-11-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

State Dept Slaps Terror Label on Cartel de los Soles

## Summary

The U.S. government has officially labeled the Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization starting November 24, 2025. This means the cartel faces new legal restrictions, including freezing assets and cutting off support, making it harder for them to operate. Anyone dealing with this group will now face serious consequences, tightening the financial and legal noose around them.

## Effects PRIA read

- Cartel de los Soles FTO Designation: cost, high. On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of State designated Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The designation means the cartel faces legal restrictions including freezing assets and cutting off support, and anyone dea…

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## Sources
- [2025-20750 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20750/foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-cartel-de-los-soles)
- [2025-20750 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20750.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20750 (as of 2026-06-08).