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Kingpin Act designations

Release Date
06/02/2003
Recent Actions Body

The following have been named as "[SDNTK]s" and added to OFAC's listing of "Principal Significant Foreign Narcotics Traffickers:"

DIAS DE MENDONCA, Leonardo (a.k.a. DIAS MENDONA, Leonardo; a.k.a. DIAZ MENDONCA, Leonardo); DOB 12 Jan 1963; alt. DOB 21 Nov 1963; alt. DOB 01 Dec 1963; POB Brazil (individual)

ESPARRAGOZA MORENO, Juan Jose; DOB 03 Feb 1949; alt DOB 02 Mar 1949; POB Sinaloa, Mexico (individual)

PALMA SALAZAR, Hector Luis (a.k.a PALMA SALAZAR, Jesus Hector); DOB 29 Apr 1960; alt DOB 25 Aug 1962; alt DOB 26 Aug 1962; POB Sinaloa, Mexico (individual)

QUINTERO MERAZ, Jose Albino; DOB 15 Sep 1959; POB Sinaloa, Mexico (individual)

UNITED WA STATE ARMY (a.k.a. UNITED WA STATE PARTY; a.k.a. UWSA; a.k.a. UWSP) (entity)

The following have also been named and their SDN entries, therefore, changed:

REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (a.k.a. FARC; a.k.a. FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA) [FTO][SDGT] -to- REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (a.k.a. FARC; a.k.a. FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA) [FTO][SDGT][SDNTK]

UNITED SELF-DEFENSE FORCES OF COLOMBIA (a.k.a. AUC; a.k.a. AUTODEFENSAS UNIDAS DE COLOMBIA) [FTO][SDGT] -to- UNITED SELF-DEFENSE FORCES OF COLOMBIA (a.k.a. AUC; a.k.a. AUTODEFENSAS UNIDAS DE COLOMBIA) [FTO][SDGT][SDNTK]

The "a.k.a."s are not listed as separate entries in this bulletin.

All of OFAC's SDN material has been updated (including separate entries for each "a.k.a.") as has OFAC's program brochure on Narcotics.