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The measures I am taking are designed to deny these traffickers the benefit of any assets subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and to prevent United States persons from engaging in any commercial dealings with them.

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Message to the Congress on Sanctions Against Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia

10/20/1995

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