Following Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic damage throughout Florida’s gulf coast, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) met with the Florida Farm Bureau as well as local agricultural producers, farmers, and growers to discuss the storm’s impact. Photos are courtesy of...
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Rubio Statement on U.S. Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence
Washington, DC — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a statement after the U.S. Treasury Department, pursuant to Executive Order 13850, announced new sanctions against Venezuela’s General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (La Dirección General de Contraintelligencia Militar or DGCIM), an agency responsible for significant torture and violence against Venezuelan citizens at the direction of the Maduro regime.
“While in custody of the DGCIM, retired Navy Captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo died after being brutally tortured by those working for this agency. Today’s sanctions against yet another illegitimate faction of the Maduro crime family reiterate the Trump administration’s unequivocal support for the people of Venezuela and the government of interim President Juan Guaidó. The United States will continue to stand with the Venezuelan people’s fight to restore democracy and the rule of law.”
Rubio is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues.
Related:
- July 3, 2019: Rubio commented on sanctions against Cubametales, a Cuban state-controlled oil import and export company that illicitly imports Venezuelan oil from the Maduro regime.
- On June 28, 2019, Rubio applauded sanctions against Nicolás “Nicolásito” Ernesto Maduro Guerra, son of Maduro, for his involvement in the regimes malign efforts to undermine constitutional order.
- On June 28, 2019, Rubio issued a statement following sanctions against two Maduro cronies complicit in significant corruption and fraud.
- On April 12, 2019, Rubio commented on additional oil sector sanctions against individuals and entities providing a lifeline to Maduro’s narcoterrorist tyranny.
- On March 22, 2019, Rubio applauded the Trump Administration’s sanctions against BANDES (Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social), Venezuela’s national development bank, and its subsidiaries.
Washington, DC — El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) emitió el siguiente comunicado después que el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos anunciara nuevas sanciones, en conformidad a la Orden Ejecutiva 13850, contra la Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar de Venezuela (o DGCIM), una agencia responsable de tortura y violencia contra ciudadanos venezolanos bajo la dirección del régimen de Nicolás Maduro.
“Mientras estaba bajo custodia de la DGCIM el capitán de corbeta venezolano Rafael Acosta Arévalo, murió tras ser brutalmente torturado por quienes trabajaban para esta agencia. Las sanciones de hoy contra esta facción ilegítima de la familia criminal de Maduro reitera el apoyo inequívoco del gobierno de Trump para el pueblo de Venezuela y el gobierno del presidente interino Juan Guaidó. Estados Unidos seguirá apoyando la lucha del pueblo venezolano para restaurar la democracia y el estado de derecho”.
Rubio es el Presidente del Subcomité de Relaciones Exteriores para el Hemisferio Occidental, Delincuencia Transnacional, Seguridad Civil, Democracia, Derechos Humanos y Asuntos Globales de la Mujer.
Relacionado:
- El 3 de julio de 2019: Rubio comentó sobre las sanciones contra Cubametales, una empresa cubana de importación y exportación de petróleo controlada por el estado que ilegalmente importa petróleo venezolano del régimen de Maduro.
- El 28 de junio de 2019: Rubio aplaudió las sanciones contra Nicolás “Nicolásito” Ernesto Maduro Guerra, hijo de Maduro, por su participación en los esfuerzos malignos del régimen para socavar el orden constitucional.
- El 28 de junio de 2019: Rubio emitió una declaración tras las sanciones contra dos secuaces de Maduro cómplices de corrupción y fraude.
- El 12 de abril de 2019: Rubio comentó sobre las sanciones adicionales al sector petrolero contra individuos y entidades que ayudan a la tiranía narcoterrorista de Maduro.
- El 22 de marzo de 2019: Rubio aplaudió las sanciones de la Administración Trump contra BANDES y sus subsidiarias.