President Trump is imposing financial sanctions on six of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro’s top military and internal security officials, the Treasury Department announced Friday.

“We are sanctioning members of Maduro’s security forces in response to the reprehensible violence, tragic deaths, and unconscionable torching of food and medicine destined for sick and starving Venezuelans,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

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