The United States on Friday stepped up its response following the death of a Ven...
The name of Rafael Acosta Arevalo, a navy captain who died while in detention according to his family, is seen at his grave after a burial at a cemetery in Caracas, Venezuela July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
U.S. officials last week sanctioned the agency, known as the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence , freezing all its direct and indirectly-owned assets in the wake of Rafael Acosta’s death. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government confirmed the death on June 29, eight days after Acosta had been arrested for alleged participation in a coup plot. Human rights organizations, political leaders and his family have accused the government of torturing Acosta to death.
“The United States will continue to hold individuals accountable who are involved in the former Maduro regime’s use of intimidation and repression to target and silence political opponents, innocent civilians, and members of the military,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
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