[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4364-4365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01246]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
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 name of one person that has been
placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this person are blocked, and
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions
with them. Additionally, OFAC is publishing the names of one or more
entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked
and who have been removed from the SDN List.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley T. Smith, Director,
tel.: 202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-
622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480;
Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or
Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-
622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).
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Notice of OFAC Actions
A. On January 17, 2024, OFAC determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
person are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individual
1. PIMENTEL MATA, Alberto; (a.k.a. PIMENTEL, Alberto), Guatemala;
DOB 26 Oct 1981; POB San Jose, Costa Rica; nationality Guatemala;
Gender Male; Passport 238670724 (Guatemala) expires 14 Jan 2024;
National ID No. 2386707240101 (Guatemala) (individual) [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B)(1) of Executive Order
(E.O.) 13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,'' 82 FR 60839
(Dec. 26, 2017) for being a foreign person who is a current or former
government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an
official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or
indirectly engaged in, corruption, including the misappropriation of
state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain,
corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural
resources, or bribery.
B. On January 17, 2024, OFAC determined that the following entities
would be removed from the SDN List and that their property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction are unblocked
pursuant to E.O. 13818. These entities are no longer subject to the
blocking provisions of Section 1(a) of E.O. 13818.
Entities
1. COMPANIA GUATEMALTECA DE NIQUEL, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (a.k.a.
COMPANIA GUATEMALTECA DE NIQUEL; a.k.a. GUATEMALAN NICKEL COMPANY;
a.k.a. ``CGN''), 9-55 Avenida Reforma Z.10, Guatemala City, Guatemala;
Organization Established Date 22 Jun 1960; NIT # 335886 (Guatemala)
[GLOMAG].
2. COMPANIA PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL DE IZABAL, S.A. (a.k.a. COMPANIA
PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL; a.k.a. COMPANIA PROCESADORA DE NIQUEL DE IZABAL,
SOCIEDAD ANONIMA; a.k.a. ``PRONICO''), 9-55 Avenida Reforma Z.10,
Guatemala City, Guatemala; Organization Established Date 03 Sep 2013;
NIT # 83557008 (Guatemala) [GLOMAG].
3. MAYANIQUEL, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, 12 Calle 2-25 Z.10, Guatemala
City, Guatemala; Organization Established Date 03 Oct 1996; NIT #
8252149 (Guatemala) [GLOMAG].
Dated: January 17, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2024-01246 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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