Treasury Sanctions TdA Individuals and Networks

The United States remains focused on targeting foreign terrorist organizations and their finances. Chief among them is Tren de Aragua, or TdA, - an organization that originated in Venezuela and continues to expand throughout the Western Hemisphere. TdA engages in a range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and human trafficking, extortion, sexual exploitation of women and children, money laundering, and murder-for-hire, among others.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has sanctioned a network of individuals and entities in the entertainment industry involved in providing material support to TdA. Venezuelan national Jimena Romina Araya Navarro also known as Rosita, is a disc jockey, actress, and model. She is believed to be romantically linked to Niño Guerrero, the sanctioned leader of TdA. In 2012, she reportedly helped Niño Guerrero escape from the Tocorón prison in Venezuela. Rosita performs as a DJ in various nightclubs around Colombia, and a portion of the revenue generated during her performances and events is remitted to TdA leadership.

OFAC has sanctioned the Bogota nightclub Maiquetia VIP Bar Restaurant where Rosita performed and the owner of the bar, Eryk Manuel Landaeta Hernandez. Additionally, Rosita is a shareholder and the president of a Venezuela-based company, Global Import Solutions S.A., also sanctioned by Treasury.

Until his arrest by Colombian authorities in October 2024, Eryk was the reported financial and logistics chief for TdA in Bogota, Colombia. He organized events featuring international artists and DJs, including Rosita. These parties were used to sell narcotics for TdA; the proceeds of the drug sales were then laundered, including for Niño Guerrero and sanctioned senior TdA leader Mosquera Serrano.

The State Department recently issued a reward offer increase under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Mosquera Serrano.

OFAC also sanctioned Kenffersso Jhosue Sevilla Arteaga, known as El Flipper. Until his arrest in Cucuta, Colombia in November 2025, El Flipper was the righthand man of Niño Guerrero. He was a financial leader for TdA and was involved in extortions, kidnappings, and homicides. OFAC also sanctioned El Flipper’s Colombia-based entity that is involved in wholesale and retail trade, called Yakera y Lane SAS.

Moreover, OFAC is sanctioning multiple individuals located across Venezuela who are cell leaders or lieutenants of TdA: Richard Jose Espinal Quintero, Noe Manases Aponte Cordova, and Asdrubal Rafael Escobar Cabrera. Finally, OFAC is sanctioning a half-brother of TdA leader Niño Guerrero, Cheison Royer Guerrero Palma, who was involved in the organization’s expansion efforts in Chile.

“Under President [Donald] Trump, barbaric terrorist cartels can no longer operate with impunity across our borders. The Tren de Aragua network’s narcotrafficking and human smuggling operations have long posed a grave threat to our nation,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “At the direction of President Trump, we will continue to use every tool to cut off these terrorists from the U.S. and global financial system and keep American citizens safe.”