Text: Clinton Letter to Congress Identifying Foreign Drug "Kingpins"

(Imposes sanctions on 12 foreigners under new "Kingpin Act")  (200)

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:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Aachen, Germany)

June 2, 2000

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

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