Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
Notice published November 25, 2014 · 79 FR 70282
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2014-27913
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- November 25, 2014
- Citation
- 79 FR 70282 (page 70,282)
- Action
- Notice.
- Effective
- November 12, 2014
- Dates
- The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the two 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 November 12, 2014.
- Official sources
- PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov
Summary
The Federal Register's summaryThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two 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".
Executive orders cited
- Executive Order 12978 · Other documents citing it
Text
As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 70282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27913]
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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 two 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 two 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 November 12, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Telephone Number: (202) 622-2490.
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 November 12, 2014, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN
List the two individuals listed below, whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the Order:
Individuals
1. FIORILLO BAPTISTE, Lester Raul, Calle 27 Norte No. 6AN-43, Cali,
Colombia; c/o CONSTRUCCIONES PROGRESO DEL PUERTO S.A., Puerto Tejada,
Colombia; Cedula No. 14987352 (Colombia); Passport 14987352 (Colombia)
(individual) [SDNT].
2. FLOREZ GRAJALES, Yudy Lorena (a.k.a. FLOREZ GRAJALES, Yudi
Lorena), Carrera 78 No. 3-46, Cali, Colombia; Carrera 8N No. 17A-12,
Cartago, Colombia; c/o AGROPECUARIA MIRALINDO S.A., Cartago, Colombia;
c/o ARIZONA S.A., Cartago, Colombia; DOB 26 Jun 1978; Cedula No.
32180561 (Colombia); Passport 32180561 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT].
Dated: November 12, 2014.
John Battle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-27913 Filed 11-24-14; 8:45 am]
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