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• Third U.S.-Colombia Counternarcotics Working Group (CNWG) Joint Statement US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2023 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Colombia, on the occasion of the Third Meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Counternarcotics Working Group.
• United States Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Traffickers and Colombian Clan del Golfo Leader US Dept. of State 26 Sep 2023 -- The United States is leading global efforts to stop the illicit manufacture and trafficking of fentanyl, a leading cause of death of people age 18 to 49 in the United States. Today, we are taking action to target transnational criminals responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl, cocaine, and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States.
• Treasury Targets Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Trafficking Operations and a Colombian Cartel Leader US Treasury 26 Sep 2023 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 individuals, including several Sinaloa Cartel affiliates and fugitives, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14059. Those sanctioned today operate under the Los Chapitos faction of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel. Responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States, the Sinaloa Cartel is one of the world's most damaging transnational criminal organizations. Additionally, OFAC sanctioned the leader of the Clan del Golfo, one of Colombia's largest criminal enterprises that controls most of the country's cocaine cultivation, production, and transportation routes.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• Taiwan rolls out new Moderna vaccine amid warnings of new COVID outbreak CNA 26 Sep 2023 -- Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) started to roll out Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 Tuesday, urging people to get the shots as it warned of another outbreak in the near future.
• North Koreans in Russia received scant medical care during pandemic Radio Free Asia 26 Sep 2023 -- North Korean workers in Russia who contracted serious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic were unable to receive proper medical treatment, nor were they able to return to North Korea, according to an internal document seen by Radio Free Asia.