Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978, 14593-14594 [2012-5834]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2012 / Notices been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the one individual and two entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b)(2) and (3) of the Kingpin Act is effective on March 6, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. 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 on OFAC’s Web site at https:// www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service at (202) 622–0077. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Background The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act establishes a program targeting the activities of significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis. It provides a statutory framework for the imposition of sanctions against significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis, with the objective of denying their businesses and agents access to the U.S. financial system and the benefits of trade and transactions involving U.S. companies and individuals. The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may designate and block the property and interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons who are found to be: (1) Materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, a person designated pursuant to the VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:55 Mar 09, 2012 Jkt 226001 Kingpin Act; or (3) playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. On March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC designated the following individual and two entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act. Individual 1. ZAMBADA GARCIA, Jesus Reynaldo (a.k.a. ‘‘EL REY ZAMBADA’’), DOB 13 Aug 1961; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGJ610813HSLMRS05 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK] Entities 2. ZARKA DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., Miguel Hidalgo No. 348 Pte., Colonia Centro, Donato Guerra y Carrasco, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 73894–1 (Mexico); R.F.C. ZME–040520–VD7 (Mexico) [SDNTK] 3. ZARKA DE OCCIDENTE S.A. DE C.V., Calle Jose Diego Valadez Rios No. 1676, Colonia Proyecto Urbano Tres Rios, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 72191–1 (Mexico) [SDNTK] Dated: March 6, 2012. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2012–5833 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 18 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 the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) of the 18 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 March 6, 2012. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14593 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 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 (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (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) (‘‘IEEPA’’), 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 foreign 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 the 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 March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List the 18 individuals listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Order: 1. ALVAREZ DE LA TORRE, Mario Andres, c/o AMERICANA DE COSMETICOS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o COSMEPOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 6 Mar 1972; Cedula No. 232594 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1 pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 14594 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2012 / Notices 2. CARRERO BURBANO, Emma Alexandra, c/o DROMARCA Y CIA. S.C.S., Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS KRESSFOR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 52362326 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 3. CASQUETE VARGAS, Orlando, c/ o ALFA PHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS GENERICOS VETERINARIOS, Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS KRESSFOR, Bogota, Colombia; c/o PENTA PHARMA DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 7 Jan 1957; Cedula No. 19270159 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 4. LEON REYES, German, c/o COLPHAR S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 79273729 (Colombia); Passport 79273729 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 5. LOPEZ SANDOVAL, Fernando Alberto, c/o DISTRIBUIDORA SANAR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/ o DISTRIEXPORT S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o INCOMMERCE S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 12 Oct 1975; Cedula No. 94450287 (Colombia); Passport 94450287 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 6. MANJARRES FORERO, Baudelino, c/o CAJA SOLIDARIA, Bogota, Colombia; c/o CREDISOL, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FOMENTAMOS, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 24 May 1949; Cedula No. 19073383 (Colombia); Passport 19073383 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 7. MEDINA FAJARDO, Yovany (a.k.a. MEDINA FAJARDO, Yovani), c/o CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 21 Nov 1969; Cedula No. 11317493 (Colombia); Passport 11317493 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 8. MOSCOSO MONTES, Nelly Fabiola, c/o ADMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 5 May 1964; Cedula No. 51740771 (Colombia); Passport 51740771 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 9. NINO VALBUENA, Luis German, c/ o COLPHAR S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 19423011 (Colombia); Passport 19423011 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 10. OSPINA LIZALDA, Marina, c/o ADMINISTRADORA DE SERVICIOS VARIOS CALIMA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o CHAMARTIN S.A., Cali, Colombia; Cedula No. 31838118 (Colombia); Passport 31838118 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:55 Mar 09, 2012 Jkt 226001 11. PAREDES GONZALEZ, Nohora, c/ o COPSERVIR LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 6 Aug 1963; Cedula No. 36376456 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 12. PUERTO, Luis Alfredo, c/o ADMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 17 Dec 1955; Cedula No. 79113154 (Colombia); Passport 79113154 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 13. RAMOS BONILLA, Blanca Clemencia, c/o LABORATORIOS BLAIMAR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o COSMEPOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o LATINA DE COSMETICOS Y DISTRIBUCIONES S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 19 Mar 1959; Cedula No. 41767311 (Colombia); Passport 41767311 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 14. RICUARTE FLOREZ, Gilma Leonor, c/o LABORATORIOS GENERICOS VETERINARIOS, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 20 Apr 1961; Cedula No. 51640309 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 15. SANCHEZ DE VALENCIA, Dora Gladys, c/o INMOBILIARIA U.M.V. S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 7 AUG 1955; Cedula No. 31273248 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 16. SALAZAR, Jose Leonel, c/o INMOBILIARIA U.M.V. S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL VALLE DE ORO S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 14 Mar 1956; Cedula No. 10529253 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 17. SOLAQUE SANCHEZ, Alfredo Alfonso, c/o LABORATORIOS KRESSFOR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o DISTRIBUIDORA DE DROGAS CONDOR LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; c/o ALFA PHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PENTACOOP LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PENTA PHARMA DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS BLAIMAR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 18 Dec 1962; Cedula No. 79261845 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] 18. VARGAS VASQUEZ, Jorge Alberto, c/o AMERICANA DE COSMETICOS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o DISTRIEXPORT S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 30 Jun 1960; Cedula No. 19401630 (Colombia); Passport 19401630 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] Dated: March 6, 2012. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2012–5834 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Additions to the Identifying Information for an Individual Previously Designated Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing additions to the identifying information for an individual who was previously designated pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). DATES: The additions made by the Director of OFAC to the identifying information for an individual who was previously designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act are effective on March 6, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220 Tel: (202) 622–2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC’s Web site at https://www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service at (202) 622–0077. Background The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act establishes a program targeting the activities of significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis. It provides a statutory framework for the imposition of sanctions against significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis, with the objective of denying their businesses and agents access to the U.S. financial system and the benefits of trade and transactions involving U.S. companies and individuals. The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of the Central E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to Executive Order 12978

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 18 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 the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the 18 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 March 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, 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 (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (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) (``IEEPA''), 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 foreign 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 the 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 March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List 
the 18 individuals listed below, whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Order:
    1. ALVAREZ DE LA TORRE, Mario Andres, c/o AMERICANA DE COSMETICOS 
S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o COSMEPOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 6 Mar 1972; 
Cedula No. 232594 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]

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    2. CARRERO BURBANO, Emma Alexandra, c/o DROMARCA Y CIA. S.C.S., 
Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS 
KRESSFOR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 52362326 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
    3. CASQUETE VARGAS, Orlando, c/o ALFA PHARMA S.A., Bogota, 
Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS GENERICOS VETERINARIOS, Bogota, Colombia; c/
o LABORATORIOS KRESSFOR, Bogota, Colombia; c/o PENTA PHARMA DE COLOMBIA 
S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 7 Jan 1957; Cedula No. 19270159 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    4. LEON REYES, German, c/o COLPHAR S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula 
No. 79273729 (Colombia); Passport 79273729 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT]
    5. LOPEZ SANDOVAL, Fernando Alberto, c/o DISTRIBUIDORA SANAR DE 
COLOMBIA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o DISTRIEXPORT S.A., Bogota, Colombia; 
c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o INCOMMERCE S.A., Cali, Colombia; 
DOB 12 Oct 1975; Cedula No. 94450287 (Colombia); Passport 94450287 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
    6. MANJARRES FORERO, Baudelino, c/o CAJA SOLIDARIA, Bogota, 
Colombia; c/o CREDISOL, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FOMENTAMOS, Bogota, 
Colombia; DOB 24 May 1949; Cedula No. 19073383 (Colombia); Passport 
19073383 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
    7. MEDINA FAJARDO, Yovany (a.k.a. MEDINA FAJARDO, Yovani), c/o 
CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 21 Nov 
1969; Cedula No. 11317493 (Colombia); Passport 11317493 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    8. MOSCOSO MONTES, Nelly Fabiola, c/o ADMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; 
c/o CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; c/o FARMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 5 
May 1964; Cedula No. 51740771 (Colombia); Passport 51740771 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    9. NINO VALBUENA, Luis German, c/o COLPHAR S.A., Bogota, Colombia; 
Cedula No. 19423011 (Colombia); Passport 19423011 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    10. OSPINA LIZALDA, Marina, c/o ADMINISTRADORA DE SERVICIOS VARIOS 
CALIMA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o CHAMARTIN S.A., Cali, Colombia; Cedula 
No. 31838118 (Colombia); Passport 31838118 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT]
    11. PAREDES GONZALEZ, Nohora, c/o COPSERVIR LTDA., Bogota, 
Colombia; DOB 6 Aug 1963; Cedula No. 36376456 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT]
    12. PUERTO, Luis Alfredo, c/o ADMACOOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o 
CODISA, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 17 Dec 1955; Cedula No. 79113154 
(Colombia); Passport 79113154 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
    13. RAMOS BONILLA, Blanca Clemencia, c/o LABORATORIOS BLAIMAR DE 
COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o COSMEPOP, Bogota, Colombia; c/o 
LATINA DE COSMETICOS Y DISTRIBUCIONES S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 19 
Mar 1959; Cedula No. 41767311 (Colombia); Passport 41767311 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    14. RICUARTE FLOREZ, Gilma Leonor, c/o LABORATORIOS GENERICOS 
VETERINARIOS, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 20 Apr 1961; Cedula No. 51640309 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
    15. SANCHEZ DE VALENCIA, Dora Gladys, c/o INMOBILIARIA U.M.V. S.A., 
Cali, Colombia; DOB 7 AUG 1955; Cedula No. 31273248 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]
    16. SALAZAR, Jose Leonel, c/o INMOBILIARIA U.M.V. S.A., Cali, 
Colombia; c/o COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL VALLE DE ORO S.A., Cali, 
Colombia; DOB 14 Mar 1956; Cedula No. 10529253 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT]
    17. SOLAQUE SANCHEZ, Alfredo Alfonso, c/o LABORATORIOS KRESSFOR DE 
COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o DISTRIBUIDORA DE DROGAS CONDOR 
LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; c/o ALFA PHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o 
PENTACOOP LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PENTA PHARMA DE COLOMBIA S.A., 
Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS BLAIMAR DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, 
Colombia; DOB 18 Dec 1962; Cedula No. 79261845 (Colombia) (individual) 
[SDNT]
    18. VARGAS VASQUEZ, Jorge Alberto, c/o AMERICANA DE COSMETICOS 
S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o DISTRIEXPORT S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 30 
Jun 1960; Cedula No. 19401630 (Colombia); Passport 19401630 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNT]

    Dated: March 6, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-5834 Filed 3-9-12; 8:45 am]
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