Cuba-related Designations; Issuance of Cuba-related Frequently Asked Question

State Press Release: Targeting Enablers of the Cuban Regime’s Arms Imports and Foreign Military Cooperation

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: CUBA-EO14404  Executive Order 14404

BIOSCA GALLEGO, Oscar Enrique

• Address: Cuba
• DOB: 01 Jul 1958
• POB: Holguin, Cuba
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Passport: A011514 (Cuba) expires 14 Sep 2029
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Press coverage of today’s action identifies Biosca Gallego as chief of MINFAR’s Economic Directorate.

MILIAN GOMEZ, Monica

• Address: Moscow, Russia
• DOB: 13 Dec 1963
• POB: Havana, Cuba
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Female
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Press coverage identifies Milian Gomez as Cuba’s military attache in Russia.

PEREZ CORTES, Waldo

• Address: Beijing, China
• DOB: 13 Oct 1964
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Passport: A014056 (Cuba)
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Perez Cortes is Cuba’s military, naval, and air attache in Beijing – identified by Cuban state media as a senior colonel. The State Department says he was involved in procuring Chinese military equipment for MINFAR, without specifying the equipment, suppliers, or transactions involved.

REMON RODRIGUEZ, Jose Antonio

• Address: Cuba
• DOB: 03 Oct 1960
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Passport: A011900 (Cuba) expires 04 Jan 2030
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Press coverage identifies Remon Rodriguez as head of MINFAR’s Foreign Relations Directorate, with responsibility for the ministry’s foreign military cooperation.

SANCHEZ ALLEYNE, Heriberto

• Address: Havana, Cuba
• DOB: 22 Aug 1966
• POB: Havana, Cuba
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Passport: I103675 (Cuba)
• Alt. Passport: E452433 (Cuba) issued 24 Mar 2023 expires 24 Mar 2029
• National ID No.: 66082217669 (Cuba)
• Party Type: Individual
• Linked to: EMPRESA CUBANA IMPORTADA Y EXPORTADA DE PRODUCTOS TECNICOS

VICIANA MOUSSET, Roberto Jesus

• Address: Havana, Cuba
• DOB: 26 Dec 1963
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Party Type: Individual

The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: CUBA-EO14404  Executive Order 14404

EMPRESA CUBANA EXPORTADORA E IMPORTADORA DE SERVICIOS, ARTICULOS Y PRODUCTOS TECNICOS ESPECIALIZADOS SA

• AKA: TECNOTEX SA
• Address: Havana, Cuba
• Organization Established Date: 13 Sep 1983
• Organization Type: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
• Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: Known as TECNOTEX, this is a subsidiary of the previously designated GAESA military conglomerate and already appears on the State Department’s Cuba Restricted List. Press coverage of today’s action ties it to efforts to renew Cuba’s Russian-origin helicopter fleet and to past cooperation with North Korea.

EMPRESA CUBANA IMPORTADA Y EXPORTADA DE PRODUCTOS TECNICOS

• AKA:
  • IMPORT AND EXPORT CUBAN COMPANY OF TECHNICAL PRODUCTS
  • STATE ENTERPRISE TECHNOIMPORT
  • TECHNOIMPORT
  • TECNOIMPORT
• Address: Havana, Cuba
• Organization Established Date: 01 Jan 1995
• Organization Type: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
• Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: Known as TECNOIMPORT, this is another GAESA subsidiary already on the Cuba Restricted List. Press coverage describes it as importing technical equipment, including material of Chinese and Russian military origin; SANCHEZ ALLEYNE (above) is designated for his ties to this entity.

EMPRESA MILITAR INDUSTRIAL YURI GAGARIN

• AKA:
  • EMI YURI GAGARIN
  • YURI GAGARIN MILITARY INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
• Address: Havana, Cuba
• Organization Established Date: 10 May 1966
• Organization Type: Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
• Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: Press coverage describes EMI Yuri Gagarin as specializing in the maintenance of Russian-origin military aircraft.

SOCIEDAD MERCANTIL DUNA SA

• AKA: “DUNA SA”
• Address: Havana, Cuba
• Organization Established Date: 11 Nov 2022
• Organization Type: Non-specialized wholesale trade

Supplemental Information: Press coverage ties DUNA SA to the import of military equipment from China and Russia.

UNION DE INDUSTRIA MILITAR

• AKA:
  • LA UNION DE INDUSTRIAS MILITARES
  • MILITARY INDUSTRIES UNION
  • UNION OF WAR INDUSTRY
  • “UIM”
• Address: Havana, Cuba
• Organization Established Date: 1988
• Organization Type: Defense activities
• Target Type: State-Owned Enterprise

Supplemental Information: UIM is Cuba’s state military-industrial holding company, responsible for producing and repairing weaponry, ammunition, and other equipment for the Revolutionary Armed Forces. Press coverage of today’s action ties it to active cooperation with Russian defense firms on weapons-systems modernization.

Amendments:

The following changes have been made to OFAC’s SDN List:

• OFAC Programs:
  • GLOMAG  Executive Order 13818 – Global Magnitsky
  • CUBA-EO14404  Executive Order 14404

LEGRA SOTOLONGO, Roberto

• Address: Havana, Cuba
• DOB: 05 Jun 1954
• POB: Baracoa, Cuba
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Passport: A008444 (Cuba) expires 18 Jun 2027
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Treasury first designated Legra Sotolongo in July 2021 under the Global Magnitsky program for acting on behalf of Alvaro Lopez Miera (below), then-Minister of the FAR, in connection with the Cuban security forces’ suppression of the July 2021 pro-democracy protests; at the time, OFAC’s listing described him as Deputy Chief of the FAR’s General Staff and Chief of its Directorate of Operations. Press coverage of today’s action describes him as chief of the FAR’s General Staff.

List of Changes:

• Field Name: Name
  • Changed: LEGRA SOTOLONGO, Roberto (Latin: LEGRÁ SOTOLONGO, Roberto) to: LEGRA SOTOLONGO, Roberto
• Field Name: DOB
  • Changed: 1955 to: 05 Jun 1954
• Field Name: Position
  • Deleted: Deputy Chief of the General Staff Revolutionary Armed Forces and Chief of the Directorate of Operations of the FAR
• Field Name: Passport
  • Added: A008444 (Cuba) expires 18 Jun 2027

LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro Victoriano

• Address: Cuba
• DOB: 26 Dec 1943
• POB: Havana, Cuba
• Nationality: Cuba
• Gender: Male
• Party Type: Individual

Supplemental Information: Lopez Miera is MINFAR’s minister. Treasury first designated him in July 2021 under the Global Magnitsky program in connection with the Cuban security forces’ suppression of that year’s pro-democracy protests; today’s action additionally designates him under E.O. 14404 alongside the rest of the MINFAR-linked arms-procurement network.

List of Changes:

• Field Name: Name
  • Changed: LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro (Latin: LÓPEZ MIERA, Álvaro) to: LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro Victoriano

Sources

• OFAC, Program Tag Definitions for OFAC Sanctions Lists (for the CUBA-EO14404 and GLOMAG program tag descriptions)
• Teresa Elena Frontado, US sanctions Cuba’s military representative in Beijing over China procurement, South China Morning Post (Aug. 6, 2026) (for Perez Cortes and the individuals/entities totals)
• Estados Unidos sancionó a cinco empresas y ocho funcionarios cubanos por la compra de armas a Rusia y China, Infobae (Aug. 6, 2026) (for the individual and entity role/activity descriptions used in supplemental information)
• U.S. Department of the Treasury, Treasury Sanctions Senior Cuban Officials in Response to Violence Against Peaceful Demonstrators (Jul. 2021) (for Legra Sotolongo’s and Lopez Miera’s original 2021 Global Magnitsky designations)
• Wikipedia, Unión de Industrias Militares (for general background on UIM’s role)