In a historic action to degrade narco-terrorism, the United States is sanctioning over 50 Mexican individuals and entities linked to Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) – striking at critical leadership of one of the most violent and dangerous narco-terrorist organizations in our Hemisphere.

These sanctions disrupt a wide range of CJNG’s criminal and terrorist activities across a number of Mexican states.  Today’s action also targets Juan Carlos González, a.k.a. “Pelón,” a dual U.S.-Mexican national and the new leader of CJNG.  The Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) continues to offer a reward under the Narcotics Rewards Program of up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction.  Pelón’s days of operating with impunity are numbered; he will be brought to justice.

Last year, the Trump Administration took decisive action, designating CJNG as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) and recognizing it for what it is:  a violent terrorist enterprise that poisons American communities with fentanyl, extorts victims, traffics illegal immigrants, and defrauds Americans through timeshare scams.  This is a warning to all CJNG’s leaders, financiers, and anyone who funds or does business with them: Under President Trump’s leadership and resolve, the United States is coming for you, your money, and your criminal networks wherever you hide.  Your time terrorizing the American people is coming to an end.

Today’s action was taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14059, which targets the proliferation of illicit drugs and their means of production, and E.O. 13224, as amended, which targets terrorists and their supporters. 

For more information about today’s sanctions, please see the Department of the Treasury’s press release.

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Hamas direct front organizations that move funds across jurisdictions to support terrorism.  Today, the United States is addressing this threat by designating a senior UK-based Egyptian MB official and three individuals and three entities, all resident outside Egypt, that have provided material support to Hamas.

Today’s action exposes the Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and Hamas‑directed front organizations that use charitable facades and underground networks to disguise and move funds in support of terrorism.  The United States is committed to dismantling the financial infrastructure that sustains Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, as described in the United State Counterterrorism Strategy.

Today’s action is being taken pursuant to the counterterrorism authority, Executive Order 13224, as amended.  For more information on today’s action, see the Department of the Treasury’s press release.

Today, the Department of State is designating nine entities and two individuals to continue to limit the Cuban regime’s access to illicit funds, including those gained through the exploitation of medical workers and sanctions evasion efforts.

All targets sanctioned today have been designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14404, which authorizes sanctions on persons determined to meet specified criteria related to repression in Cuba and other threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy.  

Sustaining the Regime’s Energy Sector

Pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404, for operating in or having operated in the energy sector of the Cuban economy, the Department designated:

• CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL PETROLEO S.A. (CEINPET), which is the research and development arm of the already-designated UNION CUBA-PETROLEO (CUPET) and is engaged in petroleum exploration and future energy research.
• EMPRESA DE ENERGIA S.A. (ENERSA), which is an importer of gas, liquefied gas, and lubricants.
• EINARBO S.A., which is an importer of gas, liquefied gas, and lubricants sourced from Mexico and India.

Countering Sanctions Evasion

The Cuban military conglomerate Grupo De Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA) continues attempting to shield its assets and revenue streams from U.S. sanctions through corporate restructuring and third-party intermediaries.  Accordingly, the Department designated:

• TERMINAL DE CONTENEDORES DE MARIEL S.A., pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the already-designated GAESA.  TERMINAL DE CONTENEDORES DE MARIEL S.A. is the principal container terminal in Cuba located in the port of Mariel and transferred the Port of Mariel to Coral Maritima S.A. in a mid-June transaction to evade sanctions.  
• CORAL MARITIMA S.A., pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) of E.O. 14404 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the already-designated GRUPO EMPRESARIAL DE TRANSPORTE MARITIMO PORTUARIO (GEMAR).  GAESA, through its subsidiary TERMINAL DE CONTENEDORES DE MARIEL S.A., transferred the Port of Mariel to CORAL MARITIMA S.A. in a mid-June transaction to evade sanctions. 
• CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED (CEIBA), pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404 for operating in or having operated in the financial services sector of the Cuban economy.  CEIBA is a Guernsey-based firm invested in Cuban real estate, whose Panama subsidiary, CEIBA MTC Properties Inc., assumed full ownership of a former GAESA joint venture following GAESA’s designation.
• ORBIT S.A., pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14404 for operating in or having operated in the financial services sector of the Cuban economy.  ORBIT S.A. is a remittance processor almost certainly controlled by GAESA.

Overseas Medical Missions 

As documented in the Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, the Cuban regime has a policy or pattern of forced labor – a form of human trafficking – in the government’s labor export program, including its overseas medical missions.  Cuban officials exploit inherently coercive laws and economic conditions to manipulate or compel workers to join and remain in labor export programs, while confiscating between 50 and 95 percent of the wages paid by receiving countries.  Tens of thousands of medical workers across more than 50 countries are subjected to this exploitation, historically making the medical missions among Cuba’s largest sources of foreign currency.  The following entities and individuals are designated for their roles in administering, enabling, and profiting from this system:

• COMERCIALIZADORA DE SERVICIOS MEDICOS CUBANOS S.A. (CSMC) is designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B)for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba.  CSMC is the state-owned exporter of international health services that manages Cuba’s medical missions, Cuba’s main source of foreign currency that generates more earnings than any other sector of the Cuban economy. 
• JOSE ANGEL PORTAL MIRANDA is designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(E) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of Cuba.  JOSE ANGEL PORTAL MIRANDA is the Cuban Minister of Public Health and is responsible for overseeing entities involved in managing Cuba’s medical missions overseas. 
• UNIDAD CENTRAL DE COOPERACION MEDICA (UCCM) is designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(B) for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba.  UCCM is an entity within the Cuban Ministry of Public Health that is responsible for recruiting Cuban medical professionals to participate in overseas assignments. 
• GRETZA SANCHEZ PADRON is designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(E) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of UCCM, a person proposed for concurrent designation pursuant to E.O. 14404.  GRETZA SANCHEZ PADRON is the director of UCCM.

Sanctions Implications

As a result of today’s sanctions actions, and in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 14404 of May 1, 2026, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy,” all property and interests in property of the designated persons described above that are in the United States or in possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).  Additionally, all entities that are owned individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.

All transactions and dealings by U.S. persons or persons within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons are prohibited unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC or exempt.  These prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.  Foreign persons that engage in transactions with persons designated pursuant to E.O. 14404—or that operate in the energy, defense and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the Cuban economy, as identified in E.O. 14404— are themselves at risk of sanctions.  Non-U.S. persons, including foreign financial institutions, should proceed with caution in any dealings with a party sanctioned under this authority.  Actions to return assets to a sanctioned party or transfer them to another jurisdiction for potential use by the target expose non-U.S. persons to significant sanctions risk.  All property and interests in property of persons that are blocked pursuant to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) continue to be blocked.  The CACR prohibits persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction from dealing in property in which Cuba or a Cuban national has an interest, unless authorized or exempt.

The power and integrity of U.S. government sanctions derive not only from the U.S. government’s ability to designate and add persons to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law.  The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior.  

Petitions for removal from the SDN List may be routed through OFAC’s Reconsiderations Portal.  Petitioners may also refer to the Department of State’s Delisting Guidance page.

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As President Trump made clear in E.O. 14390 on Combatting Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens, his administration is taking action to counter an unprecedented threat from online investment scams.  Often orchestrated by Chinese transnational criminal organizations, scammers have defrauded U.S. citizens of at least $10 billion in 2024 alone while fueling corruption, money laundering, and human trafficking.  American children also have been specifically targeted by offenders operating overseas for sextortion scams, devastating families and futures. 

Today, I am announcing a new global visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.  This policy targets individuals responsible for, or complicit in, cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, such as those involved in cyberscams, and sextortion.  Immediate family members of individuals engaged in such illicit activities may also be subjected to visa restrictions. 

The Trump Administration is deploying every tool at our disposal—sanctions, prosecutions, asset seizures, extradition requests, and international law enforcement cooperation—to dismantle criminal scam networks and impose costs on those who enable them.  By restricting visa issuance to those who are responsible for or complicit in these criminal enterprises, we are sending a clear message:  The United States will go after those who prey on our citizens.

Today, the United States announced more than $200 million in disaster and humanitarian assistance to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).  This assistance – including a nearly $133 million contribution to ICRC’s 2026 Global Appeal and $70 million to IFRC – furthers the Department’s approach of flexible humanitarian assistance awards with global coverage, enabling implementing organizations to address ongoing crises and respond to new disasters using funding they already have on hand, bypassing lengthy procurement timelines. Today’s contributions support organizations that respond quickly when disasters strike, provide unparalleled access to people in need in conflict settings, and leverage preexisting worldwide disaster and humanitarian response infrastructure.  

• Rapid, Flexible, and Efficient: Through its extensive network of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, comprising 18 million trained volunteers, IFRC delivers rapid, scalable humanitarian assistance in response to sudden onset disasters and complex emergencies.  When disasters strike, these National Societies are often first on the ground, providing immediate life-saving assistance.  This U.S. funding will help IFRC surge support to National Societies as needed, helping to meet immediate needs.  

• Worldwide Access: This contribution to ICRC will support its work to deliver life-saving assistance to people living through armed conflict.  ICRC’s unique mandate and neutral and impartial positioning enable it to achieve unparalleled access to conflict-affected populations across frontlines and in hard-to-reach areas, providing life-saving assistance to people that may otherwise be inaccessible to other humanitarian implementers.   

• Providing Efficient Assistance Through Existing Response Infrastructure:  By providing assistance through such well-known and well-established organizations, the Department is leveraging existing response infrastructure to provide assistance quickly and efficiently.  

The rapid, flexible, and global focus of this assistance complements similarly structured awards to Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, and the World Food Program, in addition to the Department’s historic memorandum of understanding and $3.8 billion commitment to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.  By prepositioning assistance with trusted and proven implementing organizations, the Department is enabling faster, more efficient humanitarian and disaster response while reducing bureaucratic burdens on Department staff.  The United States remains the largest humanitarian donor in the world, and we continue to call on other governments and the private sector to join our push for a faster, more accountable, efficient, impact-driven, locally driven, and hyper-prioritized model of global humanitarian assistance.  

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tommy Pigott:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung.  The Secretary and Foreign Minister committed to deepening cooperation under the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.  The two leaders discussed areas of mutual importance, including strengthening the bilateral relationship, rebalancing trade, and expanding defense and security cooperation.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Manila with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan to reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-Singapore strategic partnership and our shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Balakrishnan discussed our expanding cooperation bilaterally and within ASEAN in areas including emerging technologies and trade.

On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the Government and the people of Egypt on their 74th National Day.

As we mark this occasion, we celebrate the enduring partnership and longstanding ties between our two countries. The United States values Egypt’s important role in advancing peace, security, and prosperity in the Middle East and Africa, and we look forward to continuing our close cooperation on shared priorities in the years ahead.