[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 22 (Monday, June 3, 2002)]
[Pages 939-940]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting Designations Under the Foreign 
Narcotics Kingpin Act

May 31, 2002

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 I have designated the following foreign persons for sanctions 
pursuant to the Kingpin Act, and that I am imposing sanctions upon them 
pursuant to that Act:

    Ismael Zambada Garcia
    Eduardo Gonzalez Quirarte
    Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid
    Luis Fernando da Costa
    Oded Tuito
    Haji Ibrahim
    Samuel Knowles

     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Letters were sent to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, Senate 
Committee on Foreign Relations; Patrick Leahy, chairman, Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary; Bob Graham, chairman, Senate Select 
Committee on Intelligence; Max Baucus, chairman, Senate Committee on 
Finance; Carl Levin, chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services; Henry 
J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on International Relations; F. James 
Sensenbrenner, Jr., chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary; Porter 
J. Goss, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; 
William M. Thomas, chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means; and Bob 
Stump, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services. An original was not 
available for verification of the content of this letter.

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