CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them on Wednesday of perpetrating some of the repression with which officials in the country responded to July's disputed presidential election.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on 21 more allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for repressing Venezuelans following the country's disputed presidential election.

The United States announced new individual sanctions Wednesday on more than 20 officials aligned with Venezuela’s authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro, to put pressure on Maduro to accept the results of Venezuela’s July presidential election,

The US sanctioned 21 officials it said supported Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s effort to defy results of an election that the country’s opposition and Washington say he lost.

The Biden administration is sanctioning nearly two dozen Venezuelan security and Cabinet officials aligned with President Nicolás Maduro, building on a series of sanctions it has imposed along with other countries following July elections the U.