Overview

• President Luis Abinader issued a decree naming the group a terrorist organization and citing violent methods and illicit financing as justification.
• The order tasks intelligence and security agencies with preventing incursions inside the country and threats to Dominican interests abroad.
• The decision aligns the Dominican Republic with the United States, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay, which have already adopted similar designations.
• U.S. Treasury previously listed the group and raised the reward for information on Nicolás Maduro to $50 million, accusing the network of collaborating with Tren de Aragua and Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel.
• The announcement coincides with a substantial U.S. naval deployment in Caribbean waters for counternarcotics operations.