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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 31, 2002

Text of a Letter from the President to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Intelligence, the Judiciary, and Armed Services, the House Committees on International Relations and Ways and Means, and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Finance
May 31, 2002

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 I have designated the following foreign persons for sanctions pursuant to the Kingpin Act, and that I am imposing sanctions upon them pursuant to that Act:

Ismael Zambada Garcia
Eduardo Gonzalez Quirarte
Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid
Luis Fernando da Costa
Oded Tuito
Haji Ibrahim
Samuel Knowles

Sincerely,

GEORGE W. BUSH

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