[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63419-63420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25302]


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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 two individuals and four 
entities 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. Section 1182). In 
addition, OFAC is publishing an amendment to the identifying 
information of one individual 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 two individuals and 
four entities identified in this notice whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on 
October 10, 2012.

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

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 10, 2012, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List 
the two individuals and four entities listed below, whose property and 
interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

Individuals

    1. ROMERO BARRERA, Benedicto, c/o AGROFUTURO R.H. Y CIA. S.C.S., 
Medellin, Colombia; c/o COLOMBIAN GREEN STONE CORPORATION LTDA., 
Bogota, Colombia; c/o ONLYTEX S.A., Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia; DOB 
06 Jan 1964; POB Campohermoso, Boyaca, Colombia; Cedula No. 1015491 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK].
    2. ROMERO VARELA, Carlos Ali (a.k.a. MARTINEZ, Richard), c/o LOS 
GNOMOS LTDA., Cali, Colombia; c/o SOCIEDAD DE COMERCIALIZACION 
INTERNACIONAL POSEIDON S.A., Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia; DOB 19 Mar 
1959; alt. DOB 19 Feb 1959; Cedula No. 13447909 (Colombia); Passport 
B0088212 (Venezuela) (individual) [SDNTK].

Entities

    1. AGROFUTURO R.H. Y CIA. S.C.S., Calle 80 Sur No. 47D-65 Bod. 114, 
Medellin, Colombia; NIT  811039023-0 (Colombia) [SDNTK].
    2. LOS GNOMOS LTDA., Calle 5 No. 61-82, Apt. 412B, Cali, Valle, 
Colombia; NIT  800165614-2 (Colombia) [SDNTK].
    3. ONLYTEX S.A., Calle 80 Sur No. 47D-65, Sabaneta, Antioquia, 
Colombia; NIT  811029489-6 (Colombia) [SDNTK].
    4. SOCIEDAD DE COMERCIALIZACION INTERNACIONAL POSEIDON S.A. (f.k.a. 
C.I. COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL POSEIDON S.A.; a.k.a. C.I. POSEIDON 
S.A.), Calle 79 Sur No. 48B-56, Sabaneta, Antioquia, Colombia; NIT 
 800173090-7 (Colombia) [SDNTK].
    In addition, OFAC has amended the identifying information for the 
following individual previously designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

1. ISAZA ALVAREZ, Carlos Arturo, c/o AGROFUTURO R.H. Y CIA. S.C.S., 
Medellin, Colombia; c/o COMERCIALIZADORA AUTOMOTORA MATECANA LTDA., 
Pereira, Colombia; c/o COMERCIALIZADORA EL PROVEEDOR LTDA., 
Villavicencio, Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES BUENOS AIRES LTDA., Pereira, 
Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES Y DISTRIBUCIONES COLOMBIANAS EL OASIS LTDA., 
Villavicencio, Colombia; c/o PROVEEDORES Y DISTRIBUIDORES NACIONALES 
S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 15 Aug 1947; Cedula No. 8281272 (Colombia) 
(individual) [SDNTK].


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    The listing for this individual now appears as follows:

1. ISAZA ALVAREZ, Carlos Arturo; DOB 15 Aug 1947; Cedula No. 8281272 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK] Linked to: COMERCIALIZADORA AUTOMOTORA 
MATECANA LTDA.; Linked to: COMERCIALIZADORA EL PROVEEDOR LTDA.; Linked 
to: INVERSIONES BUENOS AIRES LTDA.; Linked to: INVERSIONES Y 
DISTRIBUCIONES COLOMBIANAS EL OASIS LTDA.; Linked to: PROVEEDORES Y 
DISTRIBUIDORES NACIONALES S.A..

    Dated: October 10, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-25302 Filed 10-15-12; 8:45 am]
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