Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 63873 [2015-26697]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 203 (Wednesday, October 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 63873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26697]


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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 three individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) (21 U.S.C.s 
1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). In addition, OFAC is updating the 
identifying information for one individual that was previously 
designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act.

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individuals identified 
in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked 
pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on October 15, 2015.

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.
    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 October 15, 2015, the Associate Director of the Office of Global 
Targeting removed from the SDN List the individuals listed below, whose 
property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin 
Act:

Individuals

    1. CORTES VILLASENOR, Luis, Av. Vallarta No. 3060, Colonia 
Vallarta San Jorge, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; DOB 03 Mar 1971; 
POB Mexico City, Mexico; R.F.C. COVL7103034L4 (Mexico) (individual) 
[SDNTK] (Linked To: GRUPO FRACSA, S.A. DE C.V.; Linked To: GRUPO 
CONSTRUCTOR SEGUNDO MILENIO, S.A. DE C.V.).
    2. MONTOYA ZAPATA, Catalina Alexandra, c/o BIO FORESTAL S.A., 
Medellin, Colombia; c/o GANADERIA LA SORGUITA S.A., Medellin, 
Colombia; c/o INVERPUNTO DEL VALLE S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o PARQUES 
TEMATICOS S.A., Medellin, Colombia; c/o PROMO RAIZ S.A., Medellin, 
Colombia; DOB 28 Apr 1985; POB Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia; Cedula 
No. 32299453 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK].
    3. PACHECO PARRA, Ana Yesennia (a.k.a. PACHECO CHAVEZ, Ana 
Yesennia), c/o C.I. OKCOFFEE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o 
C.I. OKCOFFEE INTERNATIONAL S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o INVERPUNTO 
DEL VALLE S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o PARQUES TEMATICOS S.A., 
Medellin, Colombia; c/o PROMO RAIZ S.A., Medellin, Colombia; Carrera 
22A No. 159B-18 P-3, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 22 Feb 1982; POB 
Miraflores, Boyaca, Colombia; Cedula No. 52866649 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNTK].

Additionally, OFAC is updating the record of one individual who was 
previously identified pursuant to the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec.  1904 
(b)(1):

    ALVAREZ TOSTADO, Jose (a.k.a. CASTELLANOS ALVAREZ TOSTADO, Juan 
Jose; a.k.a. GONZALEZ, Jose) (DOB 27 Aug 55; POB Mexico) 
(individual) [SDNTK]

    The listing for this entity now appears as follows:

    ALVAREZ TOSTADO, Jose (a.k.a. CASTELLANOS ALVAREZ TOSTADO, Juan 
Jose) (DOB 27 Aug 1955; POB Mexico; Nationality Mexican) 
(individual) [SDNTK]


    Dated: October 15, 2015.
Gregory T. Gatjanis,
Associate Director, Office of Global Targeting, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control.
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