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The United States Treasury has placed sanctions on four current or former Venezuelan officials associated with corruption or repression in Venezuela.
"These designations, all against senior military officers, highlight that corruption and repression continue to flourish under the Maduro regime, both by those in current government positions and former officials who continue to benefit from a corrupt system, even as Venezuela's citizens, economy, and constitutionally enshrined democratic institutions languish", the Treasury alleged.
Among those targeted in the Treasury Department's action are Rodolfo Marco Torres, a retired general who is now Aragua state's governor, and Francisco Rangel Gomez, another former general and previous governor of Bolivar state.
The Associated Press previous year collected documents and testimony from business owners describing Marco Torres, a former Venezuelan food minister, as a key figure involved in fraudulent food imports.
General Fabio Enrique Zavarse Pabon, commander of an area including the capital Caracas, is accused of using National Guard troops to violently repress street protests.
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All the men have had their assets frozen and U.S. businesses are forbidden from working with them. Americans are banned from doing business with them.
The Venezuelan premier lambasted the U.S. press via his Twitter account Friday, accusing it of waging a "media war" against his country and, more specifically, the Bolivarian government. He posted a message on Twitter saying the Venezuelan armed forces "will never subjugate to any foreign power".
"Marco Torres has been allegedly linked to corruption schemes related to food imports, which are controlled by the Venezuelan military", the US Department of the Treasury claimed.
Maduro, an authoritarian socialist who has crippled many of Venezuela's democratic institutions, is already on the USA sanctions blacklist, part of a campaign started under the Obama administration and intensified by President Trump to put pressure on Caracas. They include Vice President Tareck El Aissami for alleged involvement in global drug trafficking.
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