Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 20390-20391 [2013-07853]

Download as PDF 20390 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 65 / Thursday, April 4, 2013 / Notices SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 28, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List the nine individuals listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Order: 1. AGUILAR BERNAL, Sonia, Calle 14C No. 29B–24, Cali, Colombia; c/o CRIADERO LA LUISA E.U., Cali, Colombia; c/o GESTORA MERCANTIL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o COMPANIA DE FOMENTO MERCANTIL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCCIONES PROGRESO DEL PUERTO S.A., Puerto Tejada, Colombia; Cedula No. 31988264 (Colombia); Passport 31988264 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 2. MOR SAAB, Soraya, c/o DURATEX S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o MOR VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:48 Apr 03, 2013 Jkt 229001 GAVIRIA Y CIA. S.C.S., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PROYECTOS Y SOLUCIONES S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCTORA IRAKA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o ACUICOLA SANTA CATALINA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PROMOCIONES E INVERSIONES LAS PALMAS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 10 May 1959; POB Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia; Cedula No. 35461535 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 3. RESTREPO VICTORIA, Norma Constanza, c/o AGROPECUARIA PALMA DEL RIO S.A., Ibague, Colombia; Carrera 22 No. 86A–60, Apt. 202, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 05 Jan 1968; POB Pital, Huila, Colombia; Cedula No. 55060642 (Colombia); Passport AG010495 (Colombia); alt. Passport AF535472 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 4. GONZALEZ BOHORQUEZ, Guillermo, c/o UNIVISA S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 20 Dec 1944; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 6185654 (Colombia); Passport AJ772175 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 5. CALDERON COLLAZOS, Gonzalo, c/o COMPANIA DE FOMENTO MERCANTIL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o BANANERA AGRICOLA S.A., Santa Marta, Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCCIONES PROGRESO DEL PUERTO S.A., Puerto Tejada, Colombia; c/o GEOPLASTICOS S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 29 Sep 1952; POB Cali, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14989778 (Colombia); Passport 14989778 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 6. SALAZAR ARCILA, Yolanda, c/o PLASTEC LTDA., Colombia; Carrera 6 No. 15–30, Quimbaya, Quindio, Colombia; Cedula No. 25018274 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 7. GONZALEZ BETANCOURTH, Luz Adriana, c/o CORDES CIA. LIMITADA, Cali, Colombia; Armenia, Quindio, Colombia; DOB 29 Jul 1975; POB Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, Colombia; nationality Colombia; citizen Colombia; Cedula No. 29831840 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 8. PRADO CUERO, Salomon (a.k.a. CHALO), c/o COLOR 89.5 FM STEREO, Cali, Colombia; Avenida 26 No. 42B–89, Bogota, Colombia; Carrera 101B No. 11B–50, Cali, Colombia; DOB 01 Aug 1948; Cedula No. 19069493 (Colombia); Passport AE801105 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. 9. GARCES VARGAS, Elmo, c/o INVERSIONES BETANIA LTDA., Cali, Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES EL PENON S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o SOCOVALLE, Cali, Colombia; DOB 20 Jul 1953; Cedula No. 16581793 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]. PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: March 28, 2013. Barbara C. Hammerle, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2013–07856 Filed 4–3–13; 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 the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 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 one individual and one entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21 U.S.C. Sections 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) of the one individual and one entity identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on March 28, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622–2420. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web site at www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622–0077. Background On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin Act was signed into law by the President of the United States. The Kingpin Act provides a statutory framework for the President to impose 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 to the benefits of trade and transactions involving U.S. persons and entities. E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 65 / Thursday, April 4, 2013 / Notices wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 consults 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 when designating and blocking the property or interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons or entities found to be: (1) Materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological support for or to, or providing goods or VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:48 Apr 03, 2013 Jkt 229001 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 Kingpin Act; and/or (3) playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. On March 28, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List the one individual and one entity listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act: Individual CASTRO, Jesus Maria, c/o NEGOCIOS INTERNACIONALES DEL ECUADOR NIDEGROUP S.A., Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; c/o SNACK PARTY, Quito, PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 20391 Pichincha, Ecuador; DOB 20 Nov 1967; alt. DOB 28 Nov 1967; alt. DOB 11 Nov 1967; POB Dolores, Uruguay; Cedula No. 172101469–2 (Ecuador); Passport B716164 (Uruguay); alt. Passport C144880 (Uruguay); alt. Passport 02952296–8 (Uruguay) (individual) [SDNTK]. Entity SNACK PARTY, Los Vinedos 19 y Venezuela, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; RUC # 1721014692001 (Ecuador) [SDNTK]. Dated: March 28, 2013. Barbara C. Hammerle, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2013–07853 Filed 4–3–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20390-20391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07853]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

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 one individual and one 
entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked 
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin 
Act'') (21 U.S.C. Sections 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the one individual and 
one entity identified in this notice whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on 
March 28, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site at www.treasury.gov/ofac or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622-0077.

Background

    On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin Act was signed into law by the 
President of the United States. The Kingpin Act provides a statutory 
framework for the President to impose 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 to the benefits of trade and 
transactions involving U.S. persons and entities.

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    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 consults 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 when designating and 
blocking the property or interests in property, subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction, of persons or entities 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 Kingpin Act; and/or (3) 
playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking.
    On March 28, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List 
the one individual and one entity listed below, whose property and 
interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

Individual

    CASTRO, Jesus Maria, c/o NEGOCIOS INTERNACIONALES DEL ECUADOR 
NIDEGROUP S.A., Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; c/o SNACK PARTY, Quito, 
Pichincha, Ecuador; DOB 20 Nov 1967; alt. DOB 28 Nov 1967; alt. DOB 11 
Nov 1967; POB Dolores, Uruguay; Cedula No. 172101469-2 (Ecuador); 
Passport B716164 (Uruguay); alt. Passport C144880 (Uruguay); alt. 
Passport 02952296-8 (Uruguay) (individual) [SDNTK].

Entity

    SNACK PARTY, Los Vinedos 19 y Venezuela, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador; 
RUC  1721014692001 (Ecuador) [SDNTK].

    Dated: March 28, 2013.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-07853 Filed 4-3-13; 8:45 am]
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