Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978, 20389-20390 [2013-07856]

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The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of nine 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’’. SUMMARY: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) of the nine 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 28, 2013. DATES: 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. 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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

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
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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 nine 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 nine 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 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) 622-2490.

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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 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 
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].

    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]
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