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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