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US sanctions 3 people, 2 firms over allegedly recruiting Colombian mercenaries in Sudan war

The sanctions target a Bogota-based recruitment network accused of sending hundreds of former Colombian soldiers to Sudan, where the war has killed at least 59,000 people.

  • The United States imposed sanctions on three individuals and two companies accused of recruiting Colombian mercenaries for the Rapid Support Forces.
  • The sanctions relate to the ongoing war in Sudan, where the RSF has been fighting the Sudanese military since 2023.
  • The RSF faces serious accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity amid a conflict that has driven a major humanitarian crisis.
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Cairo. The U.S. imposed sanctions on three individuals and two companies for allegedly “recruiting and deploying former Colombian soldiers in Sudan” to fight alongside paramilitaries Rapid Support Forces (FAR) in the war that has entered its fourth year.

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US sanctions 3 people, 2 firms over allegedly recruiting Colombian mercenaries in Sudan war

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three individuals and two firms for allegedly deploying Colombian mercenaries to fight with a paramilitary group in Sudan.

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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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