This is stated in the message of the American Foreign Ministry.

“The Department of State lists Julio Cesar Gandarilla Bermejo, Cuban Interior Minister, for his involvement in gross human rights violations in Venezuela,” the text says.

The State Department clarifies that the minister is also accused of detaining more than 100 Cuban political prisoners.

Also sanctioned were two children of Gandarilla.

Earlier, the United States entered the Cuban sanctions list of five Cuban hotels that belong to the armed forces.