[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 17283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8437]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and 
interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign 
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-
1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons of the individual identified in this 
notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant 
to section 805(b)(3) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 
(``Kingpin Act''), 21 U.S.C. 1904(b)(3), is effective on April 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Act provides a 
statutory framework for the President to impose 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 to 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 consults 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 when designating and 
blocking the property of 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 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 April 8, 2009, the Director of OFAC removed from the list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons the individual 
listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked 
pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1904(b)(3).
    The listing of the unblocked individual follows:

    AGUIRRE RAMOS, Manuel Francisco, Paseo de los Heroes, Av. 95 B7, 
Colonia Rio Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Prol. Puerta 
de Hierro, Colonia Puerta de Hierro, Tijuana, Baja California, 
Mexico; Pda. Manuel M. Flores 2, Colonia Hipodromo Dos, Tijuana, 
Baja California, Mexico; c/o INMOBILIARIA ESPARTA S.A. DE C.V., 
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; c/o INMOBILIARIA LA PROVINCIA S.A. 
DE C.V., Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Calle 2A Barrio Juarez 
2034-702, Colonia Zona Central, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; 
DOB 16 Mar 1969; POB Baja California, Mexico; C.U.R.P. 
<greek-i>AURM690316HBCGMN05 (Mexico); R.F.C. <greek-i>AURM-690316-
97A (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK].

    Dated: April 8, 2009.
Barbara Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
 [FR Doc. E9-8437 Filed 4-13-09; 8:45 am]
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