According to the American side, they are involved in corruption.
“Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Horacio Manuel Cartes, former President of Paraguay, and Hugo Adalberto Velázquez Moreno, current Vice President, for their involvement in rampant corruption that undermines democratic institutions in Paraguay,” reads the statement. document.
Earlier, the US Treasury announced that the US side is introducing new sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals.