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Washington slaps new sanctions on officials over vote
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WASHINGTON placed new sanctions on 10 Venezuelan individuals on Thursday for alleged fraud in last month’s regional elections.
The US Treasury Department sanctions freeze any assets the affected officials have in US jurisdictions and bar US citizens from doing business with them.
They include National Electoral Council officials Socorro Hernandez, Sandra Oblitas and Carlos Quintero and former communications and food ministers Ernesto Villegas and Carlos Osorio.
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