2013-08873. Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The U.S. Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is publishing the names of three individuals and seven 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 designation by the Director of OFAC of the three individuals and seven entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act is effective on April 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: [phone].

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 [phone].

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 April 9, 2013, the Director of OFAC designated the following three individuals and seven entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.

Individuals

1. HANDAL PEREZ, Jose Miguel (a.k.a. “CHEPE HANDAL”; a.k.a. “CHEPITO HANDAL”), Col Bella Vista, Casa No. 09, Camino a Rotulo de Coca Cola, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; DOB 14 May 1974; POB Honduras; nationality Honduras; citizen Honduras; National ID No. 0501-1974-03523 (Honduras); Tax ID No. ERQ1IZE (Honduras) (individual) [SDNTK] (Linked To: CORPORACION HANDAL S. DE R.L.; Linked To: EASY CASH S. DE R.L.; Linked To: AUTO PARTES HANDAL S. DE R.L. DE C.V.; Linked To: SUPERTIENDAS HANDAL S. DE R.L.; Linked To: JM TROYA).

2. HANDAL LARACH, Jose Miguel, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; DOB 18 Jan 1941; citizen Honduras; National ID No. 0401-1941-00086 (Honduras) (individual) [SDNTK] (Linked To: AUTO PARTES HANDAL S. DE R.L. DE C.V.; Linked To: RANCHO LA HERRADURA; Linked To: SUPERTIENDAS HANDAL S. DE R.L.).

3. HERNANDEZ AMAYA, Ena Elizabeth (a.k.a. DE HANDAL, Ena), San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; DOB 03 Sep 1978; nationality Honduras; National ID No. 0501-1978-08173 (Honduras) (individual) [SDNTK] (Linked To: J & E S. DE R.L. DE C.V., a.k.a. CLEOPATRA's).

Entities

1. AUTO PARTES HANDAL S. DE R.L. DE C.V. (a.k.a. APH S. DE R.L. DE C.V.; a.k.a. SUPERTIENDAS & AUTO PARTES HANDAL), 3 Ave y 14 Calle N.O., Barrio Las Acacias, Apartado Postal No 1018, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; 14 de Julio, La Ceiba, Atlantida, Honduras; Ave Junior, Entre 7 y 6 Calle Sureste, San Pedero Sula, Cortes, Honduras; Tax ID No. 3ET38QN (Honduras); alt. Tax ID No. 05019001468346 (Honduras) [SDNTK].

2. CORPORACION HANDAL S. DE R.L., 3 Ave y 14 Calle N.O., Barrio Las Acacias, Apartado Postal No 1018, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras [SDNTK].

3. EASY CASH S. DE R.L., San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras [SDNTK].

4. J & E S. DE R.L. DE C.V. (a.k.a. CLEOPATRA'S), 2 Nivel, Mall Galerias del Valle, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; Mall Megaplaza, La Ceiba, Cortes, Honduras; Santa Rosa de Copan, Copan, Honduras [SDNTK].

5. JM TROYA, 3 Ave y 14 Calle N.O., Barrio Las Acacias, Apartado Postal No 1018, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; Ave Cricunvalacion, Esquina Opuesta al Teatro Francisco Saybe, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras [SDNTK].

6. RANCHO LA HERRADURA (a.k.a. RANCHO LA HERADURA), Bajos de Choloma Carretera a Ticamaya, Cortes, Honduras [SDNTK].

7. SUPERTIENDAS HANDAL S. DE R.L. (a.k.a. SUPERTIENDAS & AUTO PARTES HANDAL), 3 Ave y 14 Calle N.O., Barrio Las Acacias, Apartado Postal No 1018, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras; Tax ID No. REFXT9I (Honduras) [SDNTK].

Dated: April 9, 2013.

Adam J. Szubin,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.