WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned three family members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and six businesses, along with the oil tankers they operate, on Dec. 11.
Three nephews of Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, were added to the Office of Foreign Asset Control’s Specially Designated Nationals list.
“Nicolas Maduro and his criminal associates in Venezuela are flooding the United States with drugs that are poisoning the American people,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Two of the men sanctioned, Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas, are known narco-traffickers. The two were arrested in Haiti in 2015, and convicted in 2016 for transporting hundreds of kilograms of cocaine destined for the United States. …
US Sanctions Maduro Family Members, 6 Ships Transporting Venezuelan Oil
