OFAC Sanctions Cuban Police Agency, Officials
The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two Cuban police officials and a police agency for human rights violations stemming from the government’s recent violent crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, according to a July 30 news release. The designations target the Policia Nacional Revolucionaria and Director Oscar Alejandro Callejas Valcarce and Deputy Director Eddy Manuel Sierra Arias.
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A senior administration official said the U.S. is hoping to keep the Cuban government and police “in the spotlight” for its human rights abuses. The latest set of sanctions came one week after OFAC designated a senior Cuban defense official and agency (see 2107220055). “The sanctions that were rolled out last week were just the beginning,” the official told reporters on a July 30 call. “We're going to keep doing everything we can to keep Cuba on the front burner so that we can keep the conversation on the rights of the Cuban people.”