 In November 2017, Bernal was again sanctioned by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control after the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election; the Treasury Department described the individuals sanctioned as being "associated with undermining electoral processes, media censorship, or corruption in government-administered food programs in Venezuela".In March 2018, Panama sanctioned 55 public officials, including Bernal; the officials were sanctioned by the Panamanian government for their alleged involvement with "money laundering, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction".On 25 June 2018, the European Union sanctioned eleven Venezuelan officials, including Bernal, in response to the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, which the E.U.