[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72751-72752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28885]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

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 three individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 
Sections 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. Section 1182).

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the three individuals 
identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were 
blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on November 26, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

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

Background

    On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin Act was signed into law by the 
President of the United States. The Kingpin Act provides a statutory 
framework for the President to impose

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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. persons and entities.
    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 or interests in property, subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction, of persons or entities 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; and/or (3) 
playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking.
    On November 26, 2013, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN 
List the three individuals listed below, whose property and interests 
in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

Individuals

    PORTILLO TOLENTINO, Rodolfo, c/o SERVICIO AEREO LEO LOPEZ, S.A. DE 
C.V., Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico; Fernando De Borja 509, 
Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31240, Mexico; DOB 04 Nov 1945; POB Aquiles 
Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico; nationality Mexico; citizen Mexico; R.F.C. 
POTR451104G26 (Mexico); C.U.R.P. POTR451104HCHRLD02 (Mexico) 
(individual) [SDNTK].
    BARRIO REZA, Jorge Luis, c/o SERVICIO AEREO LEO LOPEZ, S.A. DE 
C.V., Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico; Calle Septima No. 1401, Villa 
Juarez, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico; DOB 31 Oct 1954; POB Chihuahua, 
Chihuahua, Mexico; nationality Mexico; citizen Mexico; C.U.R.P. 
BARJ541031HCHRZR06 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK].
    CASTELLANOS CHACON, Christina Stetanel (a.k.a. ``CHRISTA 
CASTELLANOS''); DOB 17 Jun 1991; nationality Guatemala; Passport 
133374328 (Guatemala) (individual) [SDNTK].

    Dated: November 26, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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