[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 22 (Monday, June 5, 2000)]
[Page 1262]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Sanctions Under the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
June 1, 2000
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I hereby report pursuant to section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182 (the ``Kingpin Act''),
that the following 12 foreign persons are appropriate for sanctions
pursuant to the Kingpin Act, and that I am imposing sanctions upon them
pursuant to the Act.
Benjamin Alberto Arellano-Felix
Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix
Jose de Jesus Amezcua-Contreras
Luis Ignacio Amezcua-Contreras
Rafael Caro-Quintero
Vicente Carrillo-Fuentes
Chang Chi-Fu
Wei Hsueh-Kang
Noel Timothy Heath
Glenroy Vingrove Matthews
Abeni O. Ogungbuyi
Oluwole A. Ogungbuyi
Sincerely,
William J. Clinton
Note: Identical letters were sent to Floyd Spence, chairman, House
Committee on Armed Services; Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, House
Committee on International Relations; Bill Archer, chairman, House
Committee on Ways and Means; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on
the Judiciary; Porter J. Goss, chairman, House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence; John W. Warner, chairman, Senate Committee on
Armed Services; Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations; Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary;
William V. Roth, Jr., chairman, Senate Committee on Finance; and Richard
C. Shelby, chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. This
letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 2.