Press release June 5, 2000

 

President Clinton letter to Congress identifying foreign drug kingpins

 

President Clinton has notified Congress of his decision to impose sanctions on 12 foreign drug traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act. Following is the text of the president's June 1 letter, released by the White House on June 2:

 

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO SELECT COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

 

June 1, 2000

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 


I hereby report pursuant to section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act, 21U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8U.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 the Act.

 

Benjamin Alberto Arellano-Felix

 

Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix

 

Jose de Jesus Amezcua-Contreras

 

Luis Ignacio Amezcua-Contreras

 

Rafael Caro-Quintero

 

Vicente Carrillo-Fuentes

 

Chang Chi-Fu

 

Wei Hsueh-Kang

 

Noel Timothy Heath

 

Glenroy Vingrove Matthews

 

Abeni O. Ogungbuyi

 

Oluwole A. Ogungbuyi

 

Sincerely,

 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

 


 

Background information

 

DEA Congressional Testimony

 

DEA Overview of international criminal organizations

 

Traffickers from Colombia

 

Traffickers from Mexico

 

Traffickers from the Dominican Republic

 

Traffickers from Jamaica

 

Traffickers from Nigeria

 

U.S. domestic trafficking gangs

 

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