[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28289-28290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11404]


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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 eight 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 eight individuals 
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act 
is effective on May 7, 2013.

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

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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 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 May 7, 2013, the Director of OFAC designated the following eight 
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.

Individuals

    1. FLORES PACHECO, Cenobio (a.k.a. CASTRO VILLA, Luis Fernando; 
a.k.a. ``CHECO''; a.k.a. ``CHEKO''); DOB 13 Nov 1974; citizen Mexico 
(individual) [SDNTK].
    2. LOPEZ AISPURO, Armando; DOB 27 Oct 1969; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, 
Mexico; citizen Mexico (individual) [SDNTK].
    3. NIEBLAS NAVA, Guillermo (a.k.a. NIEBLA GONZALEZ, Adelmo; a.k.a. 
``EL M''; a.k.a. ``EL MEMO''); DOB 21 Dec 1958; citizen Mexico 
(individual) [SDNTK].
    4. PAEZ SOTO, Ramon Ignacio (a.k.a. ``EL MORENO''; a.k.a. ``PAEZ 
Nachillo''; a.k.a. ``PAEZ, Nacho''); DOB 31 Jul 1973; POB Culiacan, 
Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico (individual) [SDNTK].
    5. RASCON RAMIREZ, Jose Javier (a.k.a. ``EL KHADAFI''); DOB 24 Jul 
1966; citizen Mexico (individual) [SDNTK].
    6. SABORI CISNEROS, Raul (a.k.a. ``EL NEGRO''); DOB 07 Jul 1963; 
POB Baja California Norte, Mexico; citizen Mexico (individual) [SDNTK].
    7. SALAZAR RAMIREZ, Jesus Alfredo (a.k.a. ``INDIO''; a.k.a. 
``MUNE''); DOB 24 Mar 1974; POB Chihuahua, Mexico; citizen Mexico 
(individual) [SDNTK].
    8. SOSA CANISALES, Felipe de Jesus (a.k.a. ``EL GIGIO''; a.k.a. 
``GIO''); DOB 16 Jul 1968; citizen Mexico (individual) [SDNTK].

    Dated: May 7, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-11404 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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