Senator Rubio Lists 23 Human Rights Violators That Should Be Sanctioned

Source: Senator @marcorubio

During today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing discussing the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela, Senator Rubio argued for the need to impose sanctions on the following 23 individuals he says are responsible for human rights violations in the country:

Name	Position	Organization
Aref Eduardo Richany Jiménez	General Director	Directorate of Armaments and Explosives (DAEX)
Julio César Morales Prieto	General Director	Directorate of Armaments and Explosives (DAEX)
Hugo Carvajal	Director	Directorate of Military Intelligence
Iván Hernández Dala	Director	General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence
Luisa Ortega Diaz	General Prosecutor	Office of the General Prosecutor
Luis Alberto Arrayago Coronel	Chief of the Regional Command Number 8	National Bolivarian Armed Forces
Miguel Vivas Landino	Chief Strategic Region of Integral Defense of the Andes	National Bolivarian Armed Forces
Francisco Rangel Gómez	Governor	Governorship Bolívar State
Alexis Ramírez	Governor	Governorship Mérida State
Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora	Governor	Governorship Táchira State
Henry Rangel Silva	Governor	Governorship Trujillo State
Aquíles Rojas Patiño	Commander of the "Guardia del Pueblo" Regiment	Bolivarian National Guard
Justo Jose Noguera Pietri	Commander General	Bolivarian National Guard
Sergio Rivero Marcano	National Commander, Guardia del Pueblo	Bolivarian National Guard
Antonio Benavides Torres	Director of Operations	Bolivarian National Guard
Franklin Garcia Duque	Chief of the Regional Command Number 1	Bolivarian National Guard
Arquímedes Herrera Ruso	Chief of the Regional Command Number 2	Bolivarian National Guard
Manuel José Graterol Colmenarez	Chief of the Regional Command Number 3	Bolivarian National Guard
Octavio Chacón	Chief of the Regional Command Number 4	Bolivarian National Guard
Manuel Quevedo	Chief of the Regional Command Number 5	Bolivarian National Guard
Gustavo Colmenares	Chief of the Operative Zone of Integral Defense	Venezuelan Navy
Miguel Rodriguez Torres	Minister	Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace
Marcos Rojas Figueroa	Vice Minister of the Integral Police System	Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace
Hebert Garcia Plaza	Vice Minister of Services	Ministry of Defense
Manuel Eduardo Pérez Urdaneta	Director	Bolivarian National Police
Gustavo Enrique González López	Director General	Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) (Intelligence Services)
Manuel Gregorio Bernal Martínez	Director General - removed on Feb 18	Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia (SEBIN) (intelligence Services)