OFAC Sanctions Venezuela Officials

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned seven Venezuelan government officials who attempted to seize control of the country’s National Assembly and block an election, Treasury said in a Jan. 13 press release. The officials include Luis Eduardo Parra Rivero, Jose Gregorio Noriega Figueroa, Franklyn Leonardo Duarte, Jose Dionisio Brito Rodriguez, Conrado Antonio Perez Linares, Adolfo Ramon Superlano and Negal Manuel Morales Llovera. The sanctions came less than a week after the European Union announced intentions to soon impose sanctions on Venezuelan officials who tried to block the election process (see 2001100014).