United States: Sanctions on the Cuban Ministry of Interior
United States Places Global Magnitsky Sanctions on the Cuban Ministry of Interior and Its Minister
Washington, DC (STL.News) Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary Of State released the following statement:
Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) and Minister of Interior General Lazaro Alberto Álvarez Casas for their connection to serious human rights abuse under Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.
MININT is designated for being responsible for, complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse. As minister of MININT, Álvarez Casas is also designated for being or having been a leader or official of an entity, including any governmen...