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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Sanctions Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

May 29, 2003

Dear __________:

I transmit herewith my designation of the following four foreign persons and three foreign entities as appropriate for sanctions under section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and report my direction of sanctions against them under that Act:

Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno

Jose Albino Quintero Meraz

Hector Luis Palma Salazar

United Wa State Army

Leonardo Dias Mendonca

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, "FARC")

United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, "AUC")

Sincerely,

GEORGE W. BUSH

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Richard G. Lugar, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; John W. Warner, chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services; Charles E. Grassley, chairman, Senate Committee on Finance; Pat Roberts, chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Orrin G. Hatch, chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, House Committee on International Relations; Duncan Hunter, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; Christopher Cox, chairman, House Select Committee on Homeland Security; Porter J. Goss, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary; and William M. Thomas, chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 2.

George W. Bush, Letter to Congressional Leaders on Sanctions Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/213673

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