OFAC adds Cuban person & entity to Global Magnitsky sanctions

OFAC today added the following person:

LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro (Latin: LÓPEZ MIERA, Álvaro), Cuba; DOB 26 Dec 1943; POB Havana, Cuba; nationality Cuba; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG]. 

and entity:

BRIGADA ESPECIAL NACIONAL DEL MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR, Cuba; Target Type Government Entity [GLOMAG]. 

to its Global Magnitsky anti-corruption & human rights abuses sanctions. These are undoubtedly for the human rights violations occurring in Cuba against anti-government protestors.

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OFAC Notice