[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74835-74836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30281]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) (21 U.S.C. 
1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the two individuals 
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act 
is effective on November 24, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. 
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's Web site at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service at (202) 622-0077.

Background

    The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act 
establishes a program targeting the activities of significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis. It 
provides a statutory framework for the imposition of 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 the benefits of trade 
and transactions involving U.S. companies and individuals.
    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, in consultation 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

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Secretary of Homeland Security, may designate and block the property 
and interests in property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons who 
are 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; or (3) playing a significant role in 
international narcotics trafficking.
    On November 24, 2015, the Director of OFAC designated the following 
two individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.
    1. FERNANDEZ VALENCIA, Guadalupe (a.k.a. FERNANDEZ VALENCIA, Ma. 
Guadalupe; a.k.a. FERNANDEZ VALENCIA, Maria Guadalupe; a.k.a. ``DON 
JULIO''; a.k.a. ``JULIA''); DOB 29 Oct 1960; POB Aguililla, Michoacan 
de Ocampo, Mexico; citizen Mexico; Gender Female; R.F.C. FEVM601029EN3 
(Mexico); C.U.R.P. FEVG601029MMNRLD10 (Mexico); alt. C.U.R.P. 
FEVG601029MMNRLD02 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]. Designated for 
materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological 
support for or to, or providing services in support of, the 
international narcotics trafficking activities of the Sinaloa Cartel, 
Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, and/or Jesus 
Alfredo Guzman Salazar, and/or being directed by, or acting for or on 
behalf of, the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ivan Archivaldo 
Guzman Salazar, and/or Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar.
    2. VALENZUELA VERDUGO, Jorge Mario (a.k.a. ``CHOCLOS''), Antonio 
Rosales 280, Centro Culiacan, Culiacan, Sinaloa 80000, Mexico; De Las 
Toronjas 1999, Culiacan, Sinaloa 80060, Mexico; Boulevard Constitucion 
257 PTE, Colonia Jorge Almada, Culiacan, Sinaloa 80200, Mexico; Angel 
Flores 624, Colonia Centro, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 23 Oct 1982; 
POB Distrito Federal, Mexico; citizen Mexico; Gender Male; Cedula No. 
09084650 (Mexico); R.F.C. VAVJ821023EL8 (Mexico); National ID No. 
23038267151 (Mexico); C.U.R.P. VAVJ821023HDFLRR02 (Mexico) (individual) 
[SDNTK]. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing financial 
or technological support for or to, or providing services in support 
of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of the Sinaloa 
Cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus 
Alfredo Guzman Salazar, and/or Victor Manuel Felix Beltran, and/or 
being directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Sinaloa Cartel, 
Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo 
Guzman Salazar, and/or Victor Manuel Felix Beltran.

    Dated: November 24, 2015.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2015-30281 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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