Economics

U.S. Sanctions Six Venezuelan Security Officials Over Aid Block

A pro-opposition demonstrator stands on top of a container set up as a barricade during a protest on the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Tachira state, Venezuela on Feb. 25, 2019.Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg

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By Saleha Mohsin

March 1, 2019 at 2:13 PM UTC

Updated on

March 1, 2019 at 2:30 PM UTC

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The Trump administration sanctioned six Venezuelan security officials for alleged involvement in stopping humanitarian aid convoys from entering the country.

“We are sanctioning members of Maduro’s security forces in response to the reprehensible violence, tragic deaths, and unconscionable torching of food and medicine destined for sick and starving Venezuelans,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.