[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2347-2348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-721]


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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 three 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 three individuals 
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act 
is effective on January 10, 2012.

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 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

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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 January 10, 2012, the Director of OFAC designated the following 
three individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.
1. ALVAREZ ZEPEDA, Oscar, Avenida Francisco Solis No. 30-B, Colonia 
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, Culiacan, Sinaloa C.P. 80010, Mexico; 
Boulevard Universitarios No. 789, Local 4, Colonia Villa Universidad, 
Culiacan, Sinaloa C.P. 80010, Mexico; Localidad San Jose del Barranco 
S/N, Badiraguato, Sinaloa C.P. 80500, Mexico; DOB 15 Sep 1979; POB 
Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. AAZO790915HSLLPS09 (Mexico) 
R.F.C. AAZO790915AL6 (Mexico) (INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
2. TORRES HOYOS, Carlos Mario, Calle 48D No. 99-35, Medellin, Colombia; 
DOB 11 Aug 1976; POB Caucasia, Antioquia, Colombia; Cedula No. 71763915 
(Colombia) (INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].
3. VALDEZ BENITES, Joel, Avenida Mar Baltico No. 944, Colonia Lombardo 
Toledano, Culiacan, Sinaloa C.P. 80010, Mexico; DOB 20 Apr 1972; POB 
Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico; C.U.R.P. VABJ720420HSLLNL00 (Mexico) 
Passport G04809091 (Mexico) (INDIVIDUAL) [SDNTK].

    Dated: January 10, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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