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United States Enforces Restrictions on Group Accused of Recruiting South American Fighters to Sudan.
The US government has imposed sanctions on a operation of several persons and entities alleged of recruiting Colombian mercenaries to combat alongside and instruct a armed faction in Sudan the United States claims of committing genocide.
Group Makeup
Disclosing the sanctions on Tuesday, the US Treasury Department stated the network was primarily made up of Colombian nationals and companies.
Scores of former Colombian military personnel have allegedly journeyed to the Sudanese warzone to fight alongside the RSF paramilitary group, a force accused of horrific war crimes including massacres based on ethnicity and mass abductions.
Revelation of Role
The role of these mercenaries was first uncovered in 2024, after an inquiry which disclosed that more than 300 ex-military personnel had been recruited to participate in the war – an event that prompted an rare mea culpa from Colombia’s foreign ministry.
These South American veterans have long been considered as among the world’s most sought-after mercenaries due to their vast combat experience gleaned from years of internal conflict, training on Nato equipment, and elite military instruction.
Activities in Sudan
In Sudan, the contractors have reportedly trained underage fighters, instructed militiamen in drone operation, and engaged in frontline combat. A mercenary was quoted as saying that working with child soldiers was "horrific and irrational" but noted that "regrettably, war operates that way".
Sanctioned Individuals
Among those penalized was a retired Colombian officer, a individual with dual citizenship and retired Colombian military officer operating from the UAE. The Treasury accused him a key part in recruiting and deploying former Colombian soldiers to Sudan. His spouse, Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero, was penalized as well.
Also on the penalty list was Mateo Andrés Duque Botero, a dual Colombian-Spanish citizen who officials alleged oversaw a company linked to managing finances and payments for the scheme. "Recently, American entities linked to Duque conducted numerous wire transfers, amounting to millions," the Treasury statement noted.
Individual Mónica Muñoz Ucros was the final person to be targeted, with the firm she operated accused of money transfers connected to Duque and his operations.
"Washington reiterates its demand for external actors to stop giving funding and arms to the belligerents," the department stated.
Analyst Commentary
Elizabeth Dickinson, with the International Crisis Group, labeled the sanctions as a "highly important" step, saying that "calling out those who are doing the contracting is the correct approach".
She added that, the Colombian government has enacted a law endorsing the global treaty against mercenarism, designed to limit its citizens' long history in international fights and reshape national security policy.
Another expert, a authority on private military contractors, called for greater wariness, stating that "penalties are required yet incomplete for dealing with rampant mercenarism".
"This is a shadow economy and based out of Dubai, which is largely insulated from sanctions," he commented. The Emirati government has been repeatedly implicated of providing arms to the militia, claims it rejects. "This trend will probably continue," he advised.
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