[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 14, 2009)] [Notices] [Page 17283] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: E9-8437] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Unblocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons of the individual identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act''), 21 U.S.C. 1904(b)(3), is effective on April 8, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 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 (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622- 0077. Background The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Act provides a statutory framework for the President to impose 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. 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 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 of 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 April 8, 2009, the Director of OFAC removed from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons the individual listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1904(b)(3). The listing of the unblocked individual follows: AGUIRRE RAMOS, Manuel Francisco, Paseo de los Heroes, Av. 95 B7, Colonia Rio Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Prol. Puerta de Hierro, Colonia Puerta de Hierro, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Pda. Manuel M. Flores 2, Colonia Hipodromo Dos, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; c/o INMOBILIARIA ESPARTA S.A. DE C.V., Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; c/o INMOBILIARIA LA PROVINCIA S.A. DE C.V., Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Calle 2A Barrio Juarez 2034-702, Colonia Zona Central, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; DOB 16 Mar 1969; POB Baja California, Mexico; C.U.R.P.AURM690316HBCGMN05 (Mexico); R.F.C. AURM-690316- 97A (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]. Dated: April 8, 2009. Barbara Hammerle, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. E9-8437 Filed 4-13-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4811-45-P