The United States has sanctioned six Chavez military leaders for blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid to Venezuelans

The US Treasury Department on Friday issued new sanctions on Venezuela, which affect six people, according to a statement posted on its website. The sanctioned persons are the generals Richard Jesús López Vargas, Jesús Maria Mantilla Oliveros, Alberto Mirtiliano Bermúdez Valderrey and José Leonardo Norono Torres; José Miguel Domínguez Ramírez, chief commissioner of the special forces of action (FAES), and the director of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), Cristhiam Abelardo Morales Zambrano.

"We punish members of the Maduro security forces in response to violence, tragic deaths and the incessant burning of food and medicine for sick and hungry Venezuelans."The United States strongly supports the efforts of interim President Juan Guaidó and will continue to target Maduro supporters who prolong the suffering of the victims of this man-made humanitarian crisis." he added in the statement.

The six sanctioned are:

Richard Jesús López VargasMajor General and General Commander of the National Guard of Venezuela, or Bolivarian National Guard. "Lopez is a Venezuelan military officer who served as Maduro in power and one of the highest ranking officers in the Venezuelan army," the US government said.

Jesús María Mantilla Oliveros, Major General and Commander of the Guayana Integrated Strategic Defense Region.

Alberto Mirtiliano Bermudez Valderrey, from the General Division of the Integral Defense Zone of Bolívar State, on the border of Brazil.

José Leonardo Norono Torres, of the General Division and Commander of the Area of ​​Integral Defense in the State of Táchira, on the border with Colombia. "Norono has identified opposition members as stateless actors, calling them traitors who want to see Venezuela all bloodied," the statement said.

José Miguel Domínguez Ramírez, Chief Commissioner of FAES in the state of Táchira.

Cristhiam Abelardo Morales Zambrano, Director of GNP and Colonel at GNB. "In early 2018, as regional chief of PNB in ​​the state of Táchira, Morales was responsible for the escape of several convicts imprisoned in the PNB building in the state of Táchira," says the text .

The United States also targeted the Venezuelan government on Monday with new sanctions and asked their allies to freeze the badets of the national oil company PDVSA, after violence prevented the country 's aid from stalling. South America.