The US Treasury announced the removal of the Global Magnitsky designation to Angel Rondon of the Dominican Republic. He is now removed from the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nations List.
In December 2017, the US Treasury had imposed the penalty to Angel Rondon Rijo, extending to his immediate family provisions such as an impediment to travel to the United States.
The 2017 ruling had determined:
“Angel Rondon Rijo (Rondon) is a politically connected businessman and lobbyist in the Dominican Republic who funneled money from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, to Dominican officials, who in turn awarded Odebrecht projects to build highways, dams, and other projects. According to the US Department of Justice, Odebrecht is a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate that has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and agreed to a criminal fine of US$4.5 billion. In 2017, Rondon was arrested by Dominican authorities and charged with corruption for the bribes paid by Odebrecht.”
On 5 March 2024, the same US Treasury included Angel Rondon in the deletions made to the OFAC/s SDN List. The OFAC issued the statement:
“The following deletions have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:
RONDON RIJO, Angel, Ave Anacaona #83 Torre Caney Apt 25, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; DOB 16 Jul 1950; POB Higuey, Dominican Republic; Gender Male; Passport SC2249384 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; alt. Passport 3297843 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; National ID No. 00101629970 (Dominican Republic) (individual) [GLOMAG].”
The OFAC did not detail the reasons for the removal of Angel Rondon from the list.
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6 March 2024