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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4600 

To require the reimposition of sanctions with respect to the FARC. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2022 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require the reimposition of sanctions with respect to 

the FARC. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REIMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

4 TO THE FARC. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall— 

7 (1) designate the FARC as a foreign terrorist 

8 organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immi9 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

10 (2) impose, with respect to FARC and any for11 eign person the President determines is an official, 


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1 agent, or affiliate of FARC, the sanctions applicable 

2 with respect to a foreign person pursuant to Execu3 tive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to 

4 blocking property and prohibiting transactions with 

5 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

6 terrorism). 

7 (b) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

9 the President makes the designation required by 

10 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and imposes the 

11 sanctions required by paragraph (2) of that sub12 section, the President shall— 

13 (A) submit to the Committee on Foreign 

14 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

15 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

16 a determination regarding whether the foreign 

17 persons specified in paragraph (2) are officials, 

18 agents, or affiliates of the FARC; and 

19 (B) impose the sanctions described in sub20 section (a)(2) with respect to each such person 

21 the President determines is an official, agent, 

22 or affiliate of the FARC. 

23 (2) FOREIGN PERSONS SPECIFIED.—The for24 eign persons specified in this paragraph are the fol25 lowing: 


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1 (A) Jose Benito Cabrera (also known as 

2 Jose Benito Cabrera Cuevas, El Mono Fabian, 

3 and Fabian Ramirez), born either July 6, 1963, 

4 or July 5, 1965, in El Paujil, Caqueta, Colom5 bia. 

6 (B) Erasmo Traslavina Benavides (also 

7 known as Ismardo Murcia Lozada, Isnardo 

8 Murcia Lozada, and Jimmy Guerrero), born 

9 June 19, 1958, in Guacamayo, Santander, Co10 lombia. 

11 (C) Emiro del Carmen Ropero Suarez (also 

12 known as Ruben Zamora), born September 2, 

13 1962, in Municipio de Nueva Granada, Norte 

14 de Santander, Colombia. 

15 (D) Guillermo Enrique Torres Cueter (also 

16 known as Julian Conrado), born August 17, 

17 1954, in Turbaco, Bolivar, Colombia. 

18 (E) Rodrigo Granda Escobar (also known 

19 as Arturo Campos, Gallopinto, and Ricardo 

20 Gonzalez), born April 9, 1949, in Frontino, 

21 Antioquia, Colombia. 

22 (F) Piedad Esneda Co ́rdoba Ruiz, born 

23 January 25, 1955, in Colombia. 


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1 (G) Sandra Ramirez Lobo Silva (also 

2 known as Sandra Ramirez and Griselda Lobo), 

3 born in 1965 in Colombia. 

4 (c) LIMITATION ON REVOCATION.—The President 

5 may not revoke the designation under subsection (a)(1), 

6 or sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person 

7 under subsection (a)(2) or (b), until the date that is 10 

8 years after the date of the designation or the imposition 

9 of such sanctions, as the case may be. 

10 (d) FARC DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

11 ‘‘FARC’’ means the group known as the FARC, the Revo12 lutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas 

13 Revolucionarias de Colombia, or any other alias. 

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