81 FR 30425 - Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 94 (May 16, 2016)

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one individual 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).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 94 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11449]


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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 name of one individual 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 Acting Director of OFAC of one individual 
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act 
is effective on May 11, 2016.

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 
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 Kingpin Act provides that 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 11, 2016, the Acting Director of OFAC designated the 
following individual whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.

Individual

    1. ESPINOZA AGUILAR, Diana (a.k.a. ESPINOZA AGUILAR, Altagracia; 
a.k.a. ESPINOZA AGUILAR, Diana Altagracia); DOB 17 Jul 1970; POB 
Matachi, Chihuahua, Mexico; C.U.R.P. EIAD700717MCHSGN09 (Mexico) 
(individual) [SDNTK] (Linked To: CARO QUINTERO, Rafael). Designated 
for acting for or on behalf of Rafael CARO QUINTERO, and therefore 
meets the criteria for designation pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of 
the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1904(b)(3).

    Dated: May 11, 2016.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2016-11449 Filed 5-13-16; 8:45 am]
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