The United States is preparing sanctions against Venezuelan officials
Bloomberg reported The United States is preparing the groundwork for new sanctions against officials of Nicolás Maduro’s government. The measure would be a response to the election that the opposition claims to have won and in which Maduro declared himself the winner.
“The Treasury Department is close to announcing 15 individual sanctions against officials affiliated with Maduro who it says ‘obstructed the holding of free and fair presidential elections,’ according to documents seen by Bloomberg,” the media outlet reported.
The media outlet explained that the measures target key leaders who the United States says “collaborated with Maduro to undermine the July 28 vote, a list that includes members of the electoral authority, Venezuela’s highest court, the National Assembly, and the intelligence police and military intelligence agencies, known as Sebin and Dgcim. The plans could be announced this week and could change before they are finalized.”
“The list of sanctioned individuals would include a group of military officers who are behind the repression, persecution, arrest and torture of Maduro’s dissidents. The United States is also preparing a separate set of sanctions against the regime’s top financiers, the sources said,” Bloomberg added.
“The court of first instance in charge of control at the national level agrees to an arrest warrant against Edmundo González Urrutia for serious crimes,” wrote the Public Ministry on its Instagram account, minutes after announcing that it was requesting the arrest.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested a court with jurisdiction over terrorism to issue an arrest warrant against González Urrutia for alleged crimes related to the elections, including “disobedience of laws”, “conspiracy”, “usurpation of functions” and “sabotage”.
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