Notice2022-03185

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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Published
February 15, 2022

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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office

Abstract

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8635-8636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03185]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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 one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more 
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in 
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and 
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions 
with them.

DATES: See Supplementary Information section for effective date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions

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programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On February 10, 2022, OFAC determined that the property and 
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following 
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed 
below.

Individuals

    1. VALDEZ RUIZ, Miguel Angel (a.k.a. VALDEZ CAJAMARCA, Miguel 
Eduardo), Priv. Bosques de los Olivos 349, Lomas de San Isidro, 
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 19 Oct 1988; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; 
nationality Mexico; Gender Male; C.U.R.P. VARM881019HSLLZG05 (Mexico) 
(individual) [ILLICIT-DRUGS-E.O.]. Sanctioned pursuant to section 
1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 2021, ``Imposing 
Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug 
Trade,'' (the ``Order''), for having engaged in, or attempted to engage 
in, activities or transactions that have materially contributed to, or 
pose a significant risk of materially contributing to, the 
international proliferation of illicit drugs or their means of 
production.
    2. SANCHEZ FARFAN, Wilder Emilio (a.k.a. ``GATO''), Estancias Del 
Rio No. 16, MZ Sur, Tarqui, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador; DOB 27 Sep 
1980; POB Chacras, Arenillas, El Oro, Ecuador; nationality Ecuador; 
citizen Ecuador; Gender Male; Cedula No. 2100326350 (Ecuador) 
(individual) [ILLICIT-DRUGS-E.O.].
    Sanctioned pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of the Order for having 
engaged in, or attempted to engage in, activities or transactions that 
have materially contributed to, or pose a significant risk of 
materially contributing to, the international proliferation of illicit 
drugs or their means of production.

    Dated: February 10, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2022-03185 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
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