El Tesoro apunta a funcionarios venezolanos alineados con Nicolás Maduro en respuesta al fraude electoral
12 de septiembre de 2024
WASHINGTON — Hoy, la Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros (OFAC) del Departamento del Tesoro designó a 16 funcionarios alineados con Maduro que obstruyeron un proceso electoral presidencial competitivo e inclusivo en Venezuela y violaron los derechos civiles y humanos del pueblo.
Las personas sancionadas hoy de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva (EO) 13692, con sus modificaciones, incluyen a los líderes del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) y del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), alineados con Maduro, que impidieron un proceso electoral transparente y la publicación de resultados electorales precisos, así como a los funcionarios militares, de inteligencia y del gobierno responsables de intensificar la represión mediante la intimidación, las detenciones indiscriminadas y la censura. Los funcionarios fueron designados por Nicolás Maduro, a quien la OFAC sancionó en 2017.
“Hoy, Estados Unidos está tomando medidas decisivas contra Maduro y sus representantes por su represión del pueblo venezolano y la negación de los derechos de sus ciudadanos a una elección libre y justa”, dijo el subsecretario del Tesoro, Wally Adeyemo. “El Departamento del Tesoro está apuntando a funcionarios clave involucrados en las fraudulentas e ilegítimas afirmaciones de victoria de Maduro y su brutal represión de la libertad de expresión después de las elecciones, mientras la abrumadora mayoría de los venezolanos piden un cambio. La Administración Biden-Harris seguirá utilizando nuestras herramientas para exigir cuentas a Maduro y sus compinches y apoyar las aspiraciones democráticas del pueblo venezolano”.
Desde las elecciones del 28 de julio, Maduro y sus representantes han arrestado indiscriminadamente a venezolanos por ejercer sus derechos políticos y civiles y han desplegado una serie de tácticas de intimidación para silenciar a la oposición. Estos actos incluyen la emisión de una orden de arresto contra el candidato presidencial ganador, Edmundo González Urrutia (González), que lo obligó a salir de Venezuela para buscar asilo en España.
Al mismo tiempo, el Departamento de Estado impuso nuevas restricciones de visas en virtud de la Proclamación Presidencial 9931 a funcionarios alineados con Maduro que han socavado el proceso electoral en Venezuela y son responsables de actos de represión. Con estas nuevas restricciones de visas impuestas, casi 2.000 personas han sido sujetas a restricciones de visas por su papel en el debilitamiento de la democracia, la corrupción significativa y las violaciones de los derechos humanos.
Funcionarios venezolanos DESIGNADOS
Las siguientes personas que obstruyeron la participación política democrática y socavaron el proceso electoral fueron designadas hoy de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 13692, “Bloqueo de propiedad y suspensión de entrada de ciertas personas que contribuyen a la situación en Venezuela”, según enmendada, por ser funcionarios actuales o anteriores del GOBIERNO DE V.
Inocencio Antonio Figueroa Arizaleta (Figueroa) es magistrado del TSJ, afín a Maduro, desde 2014 y actualmente se desempeña en la Sala Constitucional del TSJ. Anteriormente se desempeñó como magistrado de la Sala Político Administrativa del TSJ, según múltiples informes de prensa.
Además, según la cobertura de los medios, en su calidad de juez del TSJ, Figueroa apoyó la decisión de la Cámara Electoral de revisar y certificar la afirmación del CNE de que Maduro había ganado las elecciones. Figueroa participó en la revisión técnica pericial del TSJ en el CNE y estuvo involucrado en la citación de candidatos presidenciales y líderes de partidos políticos al TSJ como parte del proceso de revisión electoral respaldado por Maduro. En 2019, Canadá sancionó a Figueroa por socavar la democracia.
Malaquias Gil Rodríguez (Gil) es magistrado y se desempeña como presidente de la Sala Político Administrativa del TSJ desde 2022. Anteriormente se desempeñó como vicepresidente de la Sala Electoral del TSJ; ocupa un cargo en el Poder Judicial desde 2010.
Además, según fuentes fidedignas de los medios de comunicación, Gil ha obstruido la democracia al descalificar la candidatura presidencial de Machado. En 2018, Canadá sancionó a Gil por corrupción y violación de los derechos humanos.
Juan Carlos Hidalgo Pandares (Hidalgo) es magistrado y se desempeña como vicepresidente de la Sala Político Administrativa del TSJ desde 2022. Anteriormente, Hidalgo se desempeñó como general de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana y fiscal general del Ejército.
Además, según fuentes de los medios de comunicación, Hidalgo ha obstruido la democracia al descalificar la candidatura presidencial de Machado.
Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez Rodríguez (Rodríguez) encabeza el TSJ, alineado con Maduro. Rodríguez ha sido presidenta del TSJ desde enero de 2024 y encabeza la Sala Electoral del TSJ.
Además, según fuentes de los medios de comunicación, Rodríguez y la Cámara Electoral certificaron la afirmación infundada de Maduro de que había ganado las elecciones a pesar de las acusaciones bien fundadas de fraude electoral generalizado en las elecciones de julio.
Fanny Beatriz Márquez Cordero (Márquez) es la vicepresidenta del TSJ y miembro de la Sala Electoral.
Márquez estuvo entre los funcionarios de la Cámara Electoral que supervisaron el proceso de valoración técnica del material probatorio presentado por el CNE, las organizaciones políticas y los ex candidatos participantes en las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio de 2024. Varios medios de comunicación afirmaron que Márquez estaba entre los funcionarios de la Cámara Electoral que certificaron la afirmación infundada de victoria de Maduro.
Edward Miguel Briceno Cisneros (Briceno) is the special judge of the Maduro-aligned First Court of the First Instance with jurisdiction over terrorism.
Additionally, according to media sources, Briceno issued an arrest warrant for Gonzalez less than an hour after the Public Prosecutor’s office requested it for the charges of crimes of usurpation of functions, incitement to disobedience of laws, conspiracy, sabotage to damage systems, and association with opposition members whom Maduro considers criminals.
Luis Ernesto Duenez Reyes (Duenez) is a prosecutor in the Maduro-aligned Public Prosecutor’s office. In his position, Duenez issued the official request for the arrest warrant targeting opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, which was then issued by Briceno. Gonzalez fled Venezuela into exile to Spain on September 8.
Rosalba Gil Pacheco (Gil Pacheco) is a CNE rector serving since 2023 as president of the Maduro-aligned CNE’s Civil and Electoral Registry Commission. She also served as the secretary of the Maduro-aligned National Assembly since January 2021.
Gil Pacheco, has obstructed democracy by instituting a restrictive new rule for poll watcher eligibility, instituting electoral registration irregularities, and intentionally delaying voting center processes. Also, Gil Pacheco declared Maduro the winner of the presidential election without publishing precinct-level results and without conducting the required audits of the country’s electronic voting system, among other electoral irregularities, according to widely disseminated press reports.
Antonio Jose Meneses Rodriguez (Meneses)is the CNE Secretary General serving since August 2023.
Meneses, according to news reports, instituted a restrictive new rule for poll watcher eligibility, introducing electoral registration irregularities, and intentionally delaying voting center processes. Before serving on the CNE, he also signed the document from the Comptroller’s Office upholding Machado’s disqualification.
Dinorah Yoselin Bustamante Puerta (Bustamante)is a prosecutor serving at the Venezuelan First Special Court of First Instance, an office within the Maduro-aligned Directorate-General of Military Counter-Intelligence (DGCIM).
Additionally, according to media sources, Bustamante obstructed democracy and the rule of law by initiating politically motivated prosecutions, which resulted in the arbitrary detention of members of the U.S.-recognized 2015 National Assembly and other officials opposed to Maduro. The European Union, United Kingdom, and Switzerland sanctioned Bustamante in 2020 according to sanctions databases.
Pedro Jose Infante Aparicio (Aparicio)serves as the first vice president of the Maduro-aligned National Assembly. He also served as president of the Special Commission for the Investigation and Prosecution of Opposition Parties and Representatives of the 2016-2021 Legislature for the Dispossession and Theft of CITGO as part of the “Bolivarian Fury” campaign launched in January 2024 against the democratic opposition. In that position, the commission subpoenaed several opposition members in seemingly politically motivated prosecutions.
Domingo Antonio Hernandez Larez (Hernandez) is the Strategic Operational Commander of the Maduro-aligned Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), serving since July 2021. Hernandez previously served as the Commander of Strategic Region for the Integral Defense Capital (REDI Capital).
Hernandez was denounced by a human rights defender in 2019 as a repressor on behalf of Maduro due to the increase in repression and systematic harassment by intelligence and security agencies recorded in the areas under his control. Additionally, according to various press pieces, FANB has carried out acts of repression against Venezuelans, including arbitrary arrests and threatening those who participate in peaceful protests.
Elio Ramon Estrada Paredes (Estrada) is the Commander of the Maduro-aligned Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), serving since July 2023. In that position, Estrada leads the Anti-Terrorism Directorate of the GNB that carries out intelligence work to detect and capture those involved in alleged destabilizing plans and other crimes.
Under Estrada’s command and ahead of the election, the GNB harassed and detained Venezuelans on suspicions of materially supporting Machado on the campaign trail, according to numerous news sources. Estrada led the GNB in arresting thousands of peaceful pro-democracy protestors after the July 28 election.
Johan Alexander Hernandez Larez (Larez) is Commander of REDI Capital of the GNB. Larez was previously the Division General for the Integral Defense Zone in Miranda State, or Zona Operativa de Defensa Integral del Estado Miranda, commonly referenced to as ZODI Miranda State.
Asdrubal Jose Brito Hernandez (Brito) is the Director of Criminal Investigations of the DGCIM. Brito was formerly the counterintelligence director of the presidential detail.
Brito is identified as a torturer in United Nations reporting, and according to multiple press pieces, DGCIM has led a coordinated “Operation Knock Knock” campaign to harass, detain, and arbitrarily arrest opposition and civil society members following the election.
Miguel Antonio Munoz Palacios (Munoz) is the Deputy Director of the Maduro-aligned intelligence service Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) since 2021.
SEBIN has carried out Maduro’s politically motivated arrests and detentions of opposition leaders, volunteers, poll workers, and election witnesses. Munoz is one of the top leaders of Venezuela’s Pitbull Group, a group consisting of SEBIN personnel from the General Directorate for Military Counterintelligence. The Pitbull Group was tasked to do the “dirty work,” and there were no legal parameters with what they were tasked to do. The Pitbull Group was also believed to be responsible for kidnapping and murders. The group likely kidnapped individuals to pressure them to give the Pitbull Group money. The Pitbull Group used that money for other operational purposes.
PREVIOUS TREASURY ACTIONS TARGETING VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS
Today’s action builds on multiple actions that OFAC has taken to target current or former Venezuelan officials, pursuant to E.O. 13692 as amended, for taking anti-democratic actions and violating human rights. To date, OFAC has sanctioned over 140 Venezuelan individuals and 100 Venezuelan entities, including:
Key Venezuelan Officials
Nicolas Maduro Moros – sanctioned since 2017
Tarek William Saab – sanctioned since 2017
Jorge Elieser Marquez Monsalve – sanctioned since 2017
Celia Adela Flores de Maduro – sanctioned since 2018
Delcy Eloina Rodriguez Gomez – sanctioned since 2018
Diosdado Cabello Rondon – sanctioned since 2018
Jose David Cabello Rondon – sanctioned since 2018
Marleny Josefina Contreras Hernandez – sanctioned since 2018
Vladimir Padrino Lopez – sanctioned since 2018
Jorge Jesus Rodriguez Gomez – sanctioned since 2018
Remigio Ceballos Ichaso – sanctioned since 2019
Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra – sanctioned since 2019
Key Military and Intelligence Officials
Gustavo Enrique Gonzalez Lopez – sanctioned since 2015
Ivan Rafael Hernandez Dala – sanctioned since 2019
Hildemaro Jose Rodriguez Mucura – sanctioned since 2019
Rafael Enrique Bastardo Mendoza – sanctioned since 2019
National Electoral Council Officials
Elvis Eduardo Hidrobo Amoroso – sanctioned since 2017
Carlos Enrique Quintero Cuevas – sanctioned since 2017
Conrado Antonio Perez Linares – sanctioned since 2020
Fabio Enrique Zavarse Pabon – sanctioned since 2018
Supreme Tribunal of Justice Officials and Former Officials
Gladys Maria Gutierrez Alvarado – sanctioned since 2018
Maikel Jose Moreno Perez – sanctioned since 2018
Calixto Antonio Ortega Rios – sanctioned since 2018
Luis Fernando Damiani Bustillos – sanctioned since 2018
Arcadio de Jesus Delgado Rosales – sanctioned since 2018
Carmen Auxiliadora Zuleta de Merchan – sanctioned since 2018
Lourdes Benicia Suarez Anderson – sanctioned since 2018
Juan Jose Mendoza Jover – sanctioned since 2018
SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS
As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated persons described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons. U.S. persons may face civil or criminal penalties for violations of E.O. 13692. Non-U.S. persons are also prohibited from causing or conspiring to cause U.S. persons to wittingly or unwittingly violate U.S. sanctions, as well as engaging in conduct that evades U.S. sanctions. OFAC’s Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines provide more information regarding OFAC’s enforcement of U.S. sanctions, including the factors that OFAC generally considers when determining an appropriate response to an apparent violation.
In addition, financial institutions and other persons that engage in certain transactions or activities with the sanctioned entities and individuals may expose themselves to sanctions or be subject to an enforcement action. The prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any designated person, or the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFAC’s ability to designate and add persons to the SDN List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please refer to OFAC’s Frequently Asked Question 897 here. For detailed information on the process to submit a request for removal from an OFAC sanctions list, please click here.
Click here for more information on the individuals identified today.
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