[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 173 (Friday, September 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51490-51491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17644]


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DEPARTMENT OF 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 two 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 
Narcotics Traffickers of the individuals identified in this notice 
whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 12978.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Houghton, Assistant Director, 
Designation Investigations, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2420.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's Web site (http://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 issued Executive Order 12978 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code.
    In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to 
address actions of significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered 
in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm that 
they cause in the United States and abroad. The Order imposes economic 
sanctions on foreign persons who are determined to play a significant 
role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia; or 
materially to 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; or to be 
owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons 
designated in or pursuant to the Order.
    The Order included 4 individuals in the Annex, which resulted in 
the blocking of all property or interests in property of these persons 
that was or thereafter came within the United States or the possession 
or control of U.S. persons. The Order authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of State, to designate additional persons or entities determined to 
meet certain criteria set forth in EO 12978.
    On June 20, 2007, the Director of OFAC removed from the list of 
Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers the individuals listed 
below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant 
to EO 12978.
    The list of the unblocked individuals follows:

MERCHAN PERILLA, Hilda Nelly, Carrera 37A No. 28A-40 Apt. 202, Bogota, 
Colombia; c/o INTERCONTINENTAL DE AVIACION S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 
15 May 1950; POB Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 41474108 (Colombia); 
Passport AH557121 (Colombia); alt. Passport 41474108 (Colombia); alt. 
Passport AF034673 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
RAMOS GARBIRAS, Gerardo Alfonso, Carrera 29 No. 9-64, Cali, Colombia; 
c/o DISTRIBUIDORA AGROPECUARIA COLOMBIANA S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o 
INVERSIONES BOMBAY S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 6457125 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]

    Dated: June 20, 2007.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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