Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Barrio 18

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identifier: "/us/fr/2025-18498"
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title: "Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Barrio 18"
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section_number: "2025-18498"
section_name: "Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Barrio 18"
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publication_date: "2025-09-24"
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fr_citation: "90 FR 45969"
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#  Foreign Terrorist Organization Designation of Barrio 18

Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury, I have concluded that there is a sufficient factual basis to find that the relevant circumstances described in section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (hereinafter “INA”) (8 U.S.C. 1189), exist with respect to: Barrio 18 (also known as Calle 18, The Revolutionaries, Sureños).

Therefore, I hereby designate the aforementioned organization and its respective aliases as a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of the INA.

This determination shall be published in the *Federal Register* . The designation goes into effect upon publication.

Dated: September 11, 2025.

Marco Rubio,

Secretary of State.