For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 31, 2002
Statement by the Deputy Press Secretary
Today the President designated the third annual set of determinations
of drug traffickers who will be subject to the sanctions provided in
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ("Kingpin Act").
The Kingpin Act, which became law in December 1999, targets, on a
worldwide basis, significant foreign narcotics traffickers, their
organizations, and operatives. Its fundamental objective is to deny
these foreign persons and entities access to the U.S. financial system
and all trade and transactions involving U.S. companies and
individuals. The Kingpin Act does not target the countries in which
these foreign persons and entities are operating nor the governments of
such countries.
The additional foreign persons whom the President designated as
appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act are:
Ismael Zambada Garcia
Eduardo Gonzalez Quirarte
Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid
Luis Fernando da Costa
Oded Tuito
Haji Ibrahim
Samuel Knowles
This action underscores our determination to do everything possible
to fight drug traffickers, undermine their operations, and end the
suffering that trade in illicit drugs inflicts on Americans and people
around the world.
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