The US Treasury has removed the Colombian football team AmericadeCali from its blacklist of groups or individuals deemed to have links to illegal drugs cartels.
The inclusion of AmericadeCali in the US's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list meant US nationals could not do business with it and any assets it may have had in the US were blocked.
"Today's lifting of the designation of AmericadeCali is a testament of the enormous efforts made in recent years by both the team and the Colombian government to completely break with the criminal influences that have overshadowed the team in the past, " said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, David S Cohen.