The U.S. on Friday blacklisted six Venezuelan security officials for participating in last weekend's efforts to block humanitarian aid from entering the country.
Among those sanctioned Friday are the commanding general of the Venezuelan National Guard, Richard Jesus Lopez Vargas, and Jesus Maria Mantilla Oliveros, the commander of Venezuela's Strategic Integral Defense Region, or REDI, Guayana.
"We are sanctioning members of Maduro’s security forces in response to the reprehensible violence, tragic deaths, and unconscionable torching of food and medicine destined for sick and starving Venezuelans," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement, referring to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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