View original document

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

3/19/2020

Treasury Pressures Illegitimate Maduro Regime by Identifying Blocked National Airline | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Treasury Pressures Illegitimate Maduro Regime by Identifying
Blocked National Airline
February 7, 2020

Action to Enhance Compliance with Broad Venezuela Sanctions Program
Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s O ice of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
today identified the Venezuelan state-owned airline Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias
Aeronauticas y Servicios Aereos, S.A. (CONVIASA) as subject to sanctions as part of the
Government of Venezuela, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13884. Today’s action also
identifies the CONVIASA fleet of aircra as blocked property of the Government of Venezuela
pursuant to E.O. 13884. Conviasa and its fleet have been blocked since the issuance of E.O.
13884 of August 5, 2019, and today they have been added to the OFAC’s Specially Designated
Nationals List to ensure strengthened compliance with U.S. sanctions.
“The illegitimate Maduro regime relies on the Venezuelan state-owned airline CONVIASA to
shuttle corrupt regime o icials around the world to fuel support for its anti-democratic e orts,”
said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “The Trump Administration will not allow Maduro and his
proxies to continue stealing from the Venezuelan people and abusing state-owned assets to
advance their own corrupt and destabilizing activities.”

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm903

1/4

3/19/2020

Treasury Pressures Illegitimate Maduro Regime by Identifying Blocked National Airline | U.S. Department of the Treasury

CONVIASA operates as a commercial airline based in Caracas, Venezuela, flying both domestic
routes as well as providing service to select international locations. This action does not
prevent the ability of the Venezuelan people to travel, as they can continue to travel on various
other carriers not subject to OFAC sanctions. Rather, this action is intended to curtail the
Maduro regime’s misuse of the airline. For instance, the Maduro regime has commandeered
CONVIASA’s aircra to promote its own political agenda, including shuttling regime o icials to
countries such as North Korea, Cuba, and Iran.
The following CONVIASA aircra are blocked property of the Government of Venezuela.
YV1003, Make & Model: Viking Air DHC7
YV2984, Make & Model: Airbus A319
YV1004, Make & Model: Airbus A340
YV1008, Make & Model: ATR ATR42
YV1009, Make & Model: ATR ATR42
YV1005, Make & Model: ATR ATR42
YV1850, Make & Model: ATR ATR72
YV2421, Make & Model: ATR ATR72
YV2422, Make & Model: ATR ATR72
YV3434, Make & Model: Boeing B737
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm903

2/4

3/19/2020

Treasury Pressures Illegitimate Maduro Regime by Identifying Blocked National Airline | U.S. Department of the Treasury

YV2558, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV2559, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV378T, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV1007, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV2557, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV2556, Make & Model: Boeing B737
YV1000, Make & Model: Viking Air DHC7
YV3016, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2966, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2850, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2849, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2851, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2911, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2912, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2913, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2943, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2944, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2953, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2954, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2965, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2964, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV3052, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV3071, Make & Model: Embraer ERJ190
YV2969, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV2970, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV2993, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV2994, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV3032, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV3033, Make & Model: Cessna 208
YV3034, Make & Model: Cessna 208
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm903

3/4

3/19/2020

Treasury Pressures Illegitimate Maduro Regime by Identifying Blocked National Airline | U.S. Department of the Treasury

OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting)
the United States that involve any property or interests in property of blocked persons.
Identifying information on the entity and aircra identified today.
####

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm903

4/4