WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States (US) government on Tuesday announced sanctions against five Cuban companies affiliated with the military conglomerate GAESA, as well as against Raúl Castro’s daughter-in-law.

The sanctioned entities include GAESA financial intermediaries Rafin and Banco Financiero Internacional, its logistics arm Almacenes Universales, state-owned mining company Geominera and Antillana de Acero, Cuba’s largest steel producer, the US State Department said.

“GAESA continues to operate as the financial muscle behind the Cuban regime’s repressive security apparatus,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.