Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)

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Pages 57433-57434

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2015-24068

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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 five entities 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 designations by the Acting Director of OFAC of the five entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act are effective on September 17, 2015.

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 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 September 17, 2015, the Acting Director of OFAC designated the following five entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.

Entities

1. J & P ADVERTISING, S.A. DE C.V. (a.k.a. J AND P ADVERTISING, S.A. DE C.V.), Calle Alberta No. 2166, Col. Los

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   Colomos, Guadalajara, Jalisco C.P. 44660, Mexico; Antioquia 2123-B, Col. Los Colomos, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Web site www.jp-adv.com; R.F.C. JAP090911D37 (Mexico) SDNTK. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION, and/or being controlled or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION and therefore meets the statutory criteria for designation as a SDNT pursuant to sections 805(b)(2) and/or (3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1904(b)(2) and/or (3).

2. JJGON, S.P.R. DE R.L. DE C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 61698-1 (Mexico) SDNTK. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION, and/or being controlled or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION and therefore meets the statutory criteria for designation as a SDNT pursuant to sections 805(b)(2) and/or (3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1904(b)(2) and/or (3).

3. LAS FLORES CABANAS (a.k.a. CABANAS LAS FLORES), Km 5.4 Carretera Tapalpa--San Gabriel, Tapalpa, Jalisco 49340, Mexico; Web site www.cabanaslasflores.com SDNTK. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION, and/or being controlled or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION and therefore meets the statutory criteria for designation as a SDNT pursuant to sections 805(b)(2) and/or (3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1904(b)(2) and/or (3).

4. MIZU SUSHI LOUNGE, Av. Francisco Villa 1329 Planta Alta, Residencial Fluvial Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico; Av. Gral. Eulogio Parra 3200 Esq. Aztecas, Plaza Entorno Margarita L. 22 Piso 2, Col. Monraz, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Web site www.mizusushi.mx SDNTK. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION, and/or being controlled or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION and therefore meets the statutory criteria for designation as a SDNT pursuant to sections 805(b)(2) and/or (3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1904(b)(2) and/or (3).

5. ONZE BLACK (a.k.a. TEQUILA ONZE BLACK), Antioquia # 2123-B, Col. Los Colomos, Guadalajara, Jalisco 44660, Mexico; Web site www.tequilaonze.com SDNTK. Designated for materially assisting in, or providing support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics trafficking activities of CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION, and/or being controlled or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, CARTEL DE JALISCO NUEVA GENERACION and therefore meets the statutory criteria for designation as a SDNT pursuant to sections 805(b)(2) and/or (3) of the Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 1904(b)(2) and/or (3).

   Dated: September 17, 2015.

   Andrea M. Gacki,

   Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

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