[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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