Unblocking of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers Pursuant to Executive Order 12978, 79978 [E8-30971]
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Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated
Narcotics Traffickers Pursuant to
Executive Order 12978
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
three individuals whose property and
interests in property have been
unblocked pursuant to Executive Order
12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking
Assets and Prohibiting Transactions
With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.
DATES: The unblocking and removal
from OFAC’s ‘‘Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons’’ list
(‘‘SDN list’’) of three individuals
identified in this notice whose property
and interests in property were blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of
October 21, 1995, is effective on
December 22, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on
demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077.
Background
On October 21, 1995, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706),
issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR
54579, October 24, 1995) (the ‘‘Order’’).
In the Order, the President declared a
national emergency to deal with the
threat posed by significant foreign
narcotics traffickers centered in
Colombia and the harm that they cause
in the United States and abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in an Annex to the
Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and Secretary of State:
(a) To play a significant role in
international narcotics trafficking
centered in Colombia; or (b) to
materially assist in, or provide financial
or technological support for or goods or
services in support of, the narcotics
trafficking activities of persons
designated in or pursuant to the Order;
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and (3) persons determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of State, to be owned
or controlled by, or to act for or on
behalf of, persons designated pursuant
to the Order.
On December 22, 2008, the Director of
OFAC removed from the SDN list three
individuals listed below, whose
property and interests in property were
blocked pursuant to the Order:
1. CHANG BARRERO, Pedro Antonio,
c/o DISTRIBUIDORA MIGIL LTDA.,
Cali, Colombia; c/o RADIO UNIDAS FM
S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 1 May 1946;
Cedula No. 14960909 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
2. BUITRAGO, Sulay (a.k.a.
HERRERA BUITRAGO, Sulay), c/o
AGROPECUARIA Y REFORESTADORA
HERREBE LTDA., Cali, Colombia; c/o
CONSTRUEXITO S.A., Cali, Colombia;
c/o INDUSTRIA AVICOLA
PALMASECA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o
INVERSIONES HERREBE LTDA., Cali,
Colombia; DOB 27 Nov 1967; Cedula
No. 31176167 (Colombia) (individual)
[SDNT].
3. GARCIA VASQUEZ, Isabel
Fernanda, c/o ALERO S.A., Cali,
Colombia; Cedula No. 31983848
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
Dated: December 23, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers Pursuant
to Executive Order 12978
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three individuals whose property
and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive
Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting
Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.
DATES: The unblocking and removal from OFAC's ``Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons'' list (``SDN list'') of three
individuals identified in this notice whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21,
1995, is effective on December 22, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.
Background
On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24,
1995) (the ``Order''). In the Order, the President declared a national
emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause
in the United States and abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and Secretary of State: (a) To play a significant role
in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia; or (b) to
materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for
or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking
activities of persons designated in or pursuant to the Order; and (3)
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to be owned or
controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated
pursuant to the Order.
On December 22, 2008, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN
list three individuals listed below, whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the Order:
1. CHANG BARRERO, Pedro Antonio, c/o DISTRIBUIDORA MIGIL LTDA.,
Cali, Colombia; c/o RADIO UNIDAS FM S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 1 May
1946; Cedula No. 14960909 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
2. BUITRAGO, Sulay (a.k.a. HERRERA BUITRAGO, Sulay), c/o
AGROPECUARIA Y REFORESTADORA HERREBE LTDA., Cali, Colombia; c/o
CONSTRUEXITO S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o INDUSTRIA AVICOLA PALMASECA
S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES HERREBE LTDA., Cali, Colombia;
DOB 27 Nov 1967; Cedula No. 31176167 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
3. GARCIA VASQUEZ, Isabel Fernanda, c/o ALERO S.A., Cali, Colombia;
Cedula No. 31983848 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
Dated: December 23, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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