[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28700-28701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11540]


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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 one 
entity whose property and interests in property have been unblocked 
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin 
Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the two individuals and 
one entity identified in this notice whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on 
April 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) 622-2420.

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

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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 April 30, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List 
the two individuals and one entity listed below, whose property and 
interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

Individuals

    1. DIAZ HERRERA, Jose Ricuarte, c/o PROMOTORA HOTELERA LTDA, 
Bogota, Colombia; DOB 16 Aug 1958; POB Venecia, Cundinamarca, Colombia; 
citizen Colombia; Cedula No. 79263544 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK].
    2. MORENO BERNAL, Luz Marina, c/o PROMOTORA HOTELERA LTDA, Bogota, 
Colombia; DOB 02 Jul 1955; POB Bogota, Colombia; citizen Colombia; 
Cedula No. 41703570 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK].

Entity

    1. PROMOTORA HOTELERA LTDA (a.k.a. COMERCIAL PROMOTELES), Calle 114 
No. 9-01, Bogota, Colombia; NIT 8300125383 (Colombia) [SDNTK].

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-11540 Filed 5-14-13; 8:45 am]
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