President Obama Issues Sanctions on Foreign Narcotics Kingpins

Cites the "Kingpin Act" to Reign in Drug Lords

WASHINGTON, DC – The following is the text of a letter from the President to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Finance, and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding sanctions on foreign narcotics kingpins.

June 1, 2012

Dear Madam Chairman: (Dear Mr. Chairman:)

(Dear Representative:) (Dear Senator:)

This report to the Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1903(b)(1) (the "Kingpin Act"), transmits my designations of the following three foreign individuals as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports my direction of sanctions against them under the Act:

Naser Kelmendi (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sayed Wazir Shah (Afghanistan)

Jose Antonio Soto Gastelum (Mexico)

Sincerely,

BARACK OBAMA

Editor's note: Details regarding the "Kingpin Act" are available here: The Federal Register

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