[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 163 (Thursday, August 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 47740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18400]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and
U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions
with them.
DATES: See Supplementary Information section for effective date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.:
202-622-2490; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; or
the Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On August 19, 2021, OFAC determined that the property and interests
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individuals:
1. JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, Abelardo (a.k.a. JIMENEZ GONZALEZ, Roberto
Abelardo); Infanta 1506 Santa Rosa Y Estevez, Cerro, Cuba; DOB 22
Feb 1952; nationality Cuba; Gender Male; National ID No. 52022201646
(Cuba) (individual) [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) of Executive Order
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption'' (E.O. 13818)
for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly
or indirectly, the MINISTRY OF INTERIOR*, a person whose property
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13818.
2. GONZALEZ BRITO, Andres Laureano (Latin: GONZ[Aacute]LEZ
BRITO, Andr[eacute]s Laureano); Havana, Cuba; DOB 04 Jul 1954; POB
Barajagua, Las Villas, Cuba; alt. POB Barajagua, Cienfuegos, Cuba;
nationality Cuba; Gender Male; Chief, Central Army (individual)
[GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of E.O. 13818 for
being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official of an
entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or
whose members have engaged in, directly or indirectly, serious human
rights abuse relating to the leader's or official's tenure.
3. LEGRA SOTOLONGO, Roberto (Latin: LEGR[Aacute] SOTOLONGO,
Roberto); Havana, Cuba; DOB 1955; POB Baracoa, Cuba; nationality
Cuba; Gender Male; Deputy Chief of the General Staff Revolutionary
Armed Forces and Chief of the Directorate of Operations of the FAR
(individual) [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of E.O. 13818 for
being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official of an
entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or
whose members have engaged in, directly or indirectly, serious human
rights abuse relating to the leader's or official's tenure.
Dated: August 19, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of
the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-18400 Filed 8-25-21; 8:45 am]
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