Iván Simonovis, former Security and Intelligence Commissioner appointed by Juan Guaidó, announced that he will deliver evidence to US senators on alleged irregular actions by Carlos Malpica Flores. He asks that he be placed back on the US sanctions list.
“We must insist until justice prevails. I will deliver to Senators Marco Rubio, Rick Scott and Bob Menéndez the evidence of corruption in PDVSA by Carlos Malpica Flores. The United States must include him again on the Clinton List, he should never have left there,” Simonovis said in Twitter.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury confirmed on June 17 the exclusion of Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, nephew of Cilia Flores, from the list of sanctioned persons.
Malpica Flores was subject to the OFAC administrative measure since July 2017 for his alleged responsibility in acts of corruption linked to the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Carlos Malpica Flores
The exclusion of Malpica Flores from the sanctioned list confirmed information provided by the agency The Associated Press a month before. On May 17, the AP revealed that a US government official reported that the removal of Malpica Flores from the sanctioned list would be a gesture by US President Joe Biden to encourage the resumption of negotiations between the government and the opposition. from Venezuela.
“These are things that the Unitary Platform negotiated and came to ask us to do so in order to return to the negotiating table,” said the US official in this regard.
Immediately, the Unitarian Platform denied that it had requested to lift personal sanctions. However, on the same day, May 17, the negotiating delegations headed by the opposition Gerardo Blyde and the ruling party Jorge Rodríguez, confirmed that they held talks to reactivate the negotiation in Mexico.
Malpica Flores has held positions in the Chavista government as treasurer of the nation, vice president of Finance of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). In addition, he participated in the National Assembly, the Foreign Ministry and the Vice Presidency of the Republic.
We must insist until justice prevails.
I will deliver to the senators: @marcorubio @SenRickScott @SenatorMenendez the evidence of corruption in PDVSA of Carlos Malpica Flores. The US should include him again on the Clinton List, he should never have left there. pic.twitter.com/ysT4GafNW1— Ivan Simonovis (@Simonovis) September 16, 2022