[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 8701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02614]


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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 three 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 three 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 January 30, 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.

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 January 30, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List 
the three individuals listed below, whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Order:
    1. ESQUIVEL PENA, William, c/o UNIPAPEL S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o 
BANANERA AGRICOLA S.A., Santa Marta, Colombia; c/o J. FREDDY MAFLA Y 
CIA. S.C.S., Cali, Colombia; Cedula No. 16641631 (Colombia); Passport 
16641631 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
    2. LOZANO ESCOBAR, Enrique Alejandro, c/o GRANJA LA SIERRA LTDA., 
Cali, Colombia; DOB 05 Aug 1961; POB Cali, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 
16657902 (Colombia); Passport 16657902 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
    3. VALENCIA OBANDO, William, c/o GRAN MUELLE S.A., Buenaventura, 
Colombia; DOB 28 Oct 1969; Cedula No. 79245681 (Colombia); Passport 
79245681 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].

    Dated: January 30, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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