[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 65 (Thursday, April 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20389-20390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07856]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of nine individuals whose
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to
Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and
Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers''.
DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the nine individuals
identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is
effective on March 28, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2490.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622-0077.
Background
On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR 54579,
October 24, 1995) (the ``Order''). In the Order, the President declared
a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant
foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that
they cause in the United States and abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, or
that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter
come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1)
The foreign persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign
person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with
the Attorney General and the Secretary of State: (a) To play a
significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in
Colombia; or (b) to materially assist in, or provide financial or
technological support for or goods or services in support of, the
narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant
to the Order; and (3) persons determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary
of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of,
persons designated pursuant to the Order.
On March 28, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List
the nine individuals listed below, whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the Order:
1. AGUILAR BERNAL, Sonia, Calle 14C No. 29B-24, Cali, Colombia; c/o
CRIADERO LA LUISA E.U., Cali, Colombia; c/o GESTORA MERCANTIL S.A.,
Cali, Colombia; c/o COMPANIA DE FOMENTO MERCANTIL S.A., Cali, Colombia;
c/o CONSTRUCCIONES PROGRESO DEL PUERTO S.A., Puerto Tejada, Colombia;
Cedula No. 31988264 (Colombia); Passport 31988264 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
2. MOR SAAB, Soraya, c/o DURATEX S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o MOR
GAVIRIA Y CIA. S.C.S., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PROYECTOS Y SOLUCIONES
S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCTORA IRAKA S.A., Bogota, Colombia;
c/o ACUICOLA SANTA CATALINA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o PROMOCIONES E
INVERSIONES LAS PALMAS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; DOB 10 May 1959; POB
Girardot, Cundinamarca, Colombia; Cedula No. 35461535 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
3. RESTREPO VICTORIA, Norma Constanza, c/o AGROPECUARIA PALMA DEL
RIO S.A., Ibague, Colombia; Carrera 22 No. 86A-60, Apt. 202, Bogota,
Colombia; DOB 05 Jan 1968; POB Pital, Huila, Colombia; Cedula No.
55060642 (Colombia); Passport AG010495 (Colombia); alt. Passport
AF535472 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
4. GONZALEZ BOHORQUEZ, Guillermo, c/o UNIVISA S.A., Cali, Colombia;
DOB 20 Dec 1944; POB Buga, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 6185654
(Colombia); Passport AJ772175 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
5. CALDERON COLLAZOS, Gonzalo, c/o COMPANIA DE FOMENTO MERCANTIL
S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o BANANERA AGRICOLA S.A., Santa Marta,
Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCCIONES PROGRESO DEL PUERTO S.A., Puerto Tejada,
Colombia; c/o GEOPLASTICOS S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB 29 Sep 1952; POB
Cali, Valle, Colombia; Cedula No. 14989778 (Colombia); Passport
14989778 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
6. SALAZAR ARCILA, Yolanda, c/o PLASTEC LTDA., Colombia; Carrera 6
No. 15-30, Quimbaya, Quindio, Colombia; Cedula No. 25018274 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
7. GONZALEZ BETANCOURTH, Luz Adriana, c/o CORDES CIA. LIMITADA,
Cali, Colombia; Armenia, Quindio, Colombia; DOB 29 Jul 1975; POB
Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, Colombia; nationality Colombia; citizen
Colombia; Cedula No. 29831840 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
8. PRADO CUERO, Salomon (a.k.a. CHALO), c/o COLOR 89.5 FM STEREO,
Cali, Colombia; Avenida 26 No. 42B-89, Bogota, Colombia; Carrera 101B
No. 11B-50, Cali, Colombia; DOB 01 Aug 1948; Cedula No. 19069493
(Colombia); Passport AE801105 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
9. GARCES VARGAS, Elmo, c/o INVERSIONES BETANIA LTDA., Cali,
Colombia; c/o INVERSIONES EL PENON S.A., Cali, Colombia; c/o SOCOVALLE,
Cali, Colombia; DOB 20 Jul 1953; Cedula No. 16581793 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
Dated: March 28, 2013.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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