US Sanctions Venezuelan Military Officials
The U.S. publicly sanctioned two Venezuelan military officials for “gross violations of human rights,” the State Department said Aug. 2. The agency said the U.S. sanctioned Rafael Enrique Bastardo Mendoza, commander of Venezuela’s police special forces, and Ivan Rafael Hernandez…
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Dala, commander of military counter intelligence, for acts that were “documented extensively in the July 5, 2019 report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ... [that] noted at least 7,523 extrajudicial killings documented by a Venezuelan non-governmental organization.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that “in addition to the designation of Bastardo and Hernandez, I am publicly designating Bastardo’s spouse, Jeisy Catherine Leal Andarcia, and Hernandez’s spouse, Luzbel Carolina Colmenares Morales, as well as the minor children of both officials.”