Luis Motta Domínguez
{{Short description|Venezuelan politician}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Luis Motta Dominguez
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_name = Luis Alfredo Motta Dominguez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Venezuela
| image = Luis Motta Domínguez.jpg
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| office = Minister of Popular Power for Electric Power
| country =
| term_start = 20 August 2015
| term_end = 1 April 2019
| predecessor = Jesse Chacón
| successor = Igor Gavidia
| president = Nicolás Maduro
|}}
Luis Alfredo Motta Dominguez (born July 2, 1958) is a Venezuelan politician and military officer who has previously served as a Minister of Electric Power during the 2015–2019 period{{Cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/venezuela/apagon-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-destituye-luis-motta-dominguez-ministro-energia-electrica-noticia-622393|title=Venezuela: Maduro destituye a Luis Motta Domínguez, ministro de Energía Eléctrica|access-date=2 April 2019|date=1 April 2019|website=El Comercio}} and as president of the National Electricity Corporation (Corpoelec).{{Cite news|title=Luis Motta Domínguez|url=http://www.poderopedia.org/ve/personas/Luis_Motta_Dominguez|date=31 August 2018|access-date=16 March 2019|website=Poderopedia}}
He was dismissed by President Nicolás Maduro in April 2019, following a series of blackouts that occurred in March.{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/venezuelan-electric-chief-2-indicted-190627180914472.html|title=Venezuelan ex-electric chief among 2 indicted in US|date=28 June 2019|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=29 June 2019}}
Sanctions
{{Further|International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis}}
In November 2017, Canada sanctioned Domínguez and other Venezuelan officials under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, stating: "These individuals are responsible for, or complicit in, gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, have committed acts of significant corruption, or both." {{cite web |url= https://international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/sanctions/venezuela.aspx?lang=eng |title= Canadian sanctions related to Venezuela |publisher= Government of Canada |access-date= 16 April 2019 |date= 2019}} {{cite web |url= https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2017/11/case_2.html |title= Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials - Case 2 |publisher= Government of Canada |access-date= 16 April 2019 |date= 2017}}
The United States sanctioned Domínguez on 27 June 2019 for engaging in significant corruption and fraud to the detriment of the people of Venezuela. The Miami US attorney's office said during a news release that the Motta is indicted on seven counts of money laundering and one count of money laundering conspiracy, after awarding US$60 million in contracts to three Florida-based companies in return for bribes.{{cite web|title=Treasury Sanctions Officials of the Illegitimate Maduro Regime Involved in Rampant Corruption|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm718|website=United States Department of the Treasury|access-date=29 June 2019|language=en-us|date=27 June 2019}}
On 30 September 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a poster on its Twitter account offering up to US$5 million for information that could lead to the capture of Motta Domínguez.
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Category:Fugitives wanted by the United States
Category:Nicolás Maduro ministers
Category:People of the Crisis in Venezuela
Category:Venezuelan military personnel