US sanctions generals for corruption

THE US has imposed sanctions on four serving or retired Venezuelan generals for rights abuses or corruption.

The list includes Rodolfo Marco Torres, who the US Treasury targeted for food smuggling.

All the men have had their assets frozen and US businesses are forbidden from working with them.

A total of 44 Venezuelan officials have been sanctioned to date including President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said the country would never submit to what he called the imperialist and warmongering forces of the US government.