[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.
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