Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Sanctions Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I hereby report pursuant to section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182 (the "Kingpin Act"), that the following 12 foreign persons are appropriate for sanctions pursuant to the Kingpin Act, and that I am imposing sanctions upon them pursuant to that Act:
Osiel Cardenas Guillen Miguel Caro Quintero Joaquin Guzman Loera Ismael Higuera Guerrero Oscar Malherbe de Leon Alcides Ramon Magana Jose Alvarez Tostado Sher Afghan Nasir Ali Khan Chang Ping Yun Jamil Hamieh Joseph Gilboa
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Henry J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on International Relations; F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary; Porter J. Goss, chairman, House Committee on Intelligence; Bob Stump, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; William M. Thomas, chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means; Jesse Helms, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; John W. Warner, chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services; Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Richard C. Shelby, chairman, Senate Committee on Intelligence; and Chuck E. Grassley, chairman, Senate Committee on Finance. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 1.
George W. Bush, Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Sanctions Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/215887