The Miami-Dade County tax collector, Dariel Fernández, has immediately revoked the Local Business Tax Receipt of Lux Sky Cargo LLC, a Miami-based shipping company, due to alleged business ties with a Cuban entity sanctioned by the federal government.
The measure was adopted following a referral from federal law enforcement agencies indicating that the company was conducting business with ENETEC S.A., a Cuban state-owned enterprise engaged in the wholesale trade of fuels and lubricants, which was included on July 13 on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals List of the Department of the Treasury due to its links with the Castro government.
"The federal law enforcement agencies provided our office with information indicating that Lux Sky Cargo LLC is doing business with ENETEC S.A., an entity sanctioned by the United States," Fernández stated in a statement.
"Based on that information and the authority granted to this office by state and local laws, our administration has revoked the Local Business Tax Receipt of the company," he added.
In the text shared on his X account, the official emphasized that companies operating in Miami-Dade are required to comply with federal, state, and local laws.
"My administration will continue to use the authority of our office to protect our community, enforce the law, and demand accountability. We will not look the other way when information indicates that a company may be operating in violation of the law or doing business with sanctioned entities linked to the communist and socialist dictatorship of Cuba," he concluded.
What company is Lux Sky Cargo?
Lux Sky Cargo is a corporation based in Florida, established in July 2022, and currently registered as Lux Sky Cargo, Inc. In the Florida Division of Corporations, it is listed as a national nonprofit entity and its status is active. Its president and registered agent is Perla C. González Huerta, located in Miami.
The company had government-authorized activity in Cuba. In June 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Cuban Government approved its registration in the National Register of Foreign Commercial Representations, associated with the Chamber of Commerce.
According to a report from the newspaper Granma from that date, Lux Sky Cargo, based in the United States, was authorized to develop "a wide range" of activities related to "vehicles, parts, pieces, food, beverages, miscellaneous items, mobile phone services, fuel, household appliances, empty, refrigerated, and regular containers."
Lux Sky Cargo is headquartered at 8573 NW 72nd St, Miami, and on its social media platforms, it promotes cargo services and vehicle shipping from "the finest luxury and utility vehicle brands" to Cuba.
The legal basis for the current revocation is Chapter 8A, Article IX of the Miami-Dade County Code, in conjunction with Chapter 205 of the Florida Statutes, which compels the Office of the Tax Collector to revoke or refuse to renew a business license when a company conducts business with Cuba in violation of federal law.
Why was the Cuban company ENETEC sanctioned?
ENETEC S.A., along with COREYDAN S.A., were sanctioned on July 13 by the State Department and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department, as part of the Trump administration's offensive against the Cuban energy sector.
These are two Cuban state-owned companies that, despite their limited public visibility, play a key role in the regime's fuel trade.
With discreet profiles that set them apart from other sanctioned entities, they were created between late 2019 and early 2020 and have operated with minimal public exposure, despite their strategic importance in ensuring fuel supply to the Island.
They were penalized under section 2(a)(i)(A) of Executive Order 14404 for operating in the energy sector of the Cuban economy, the State Department specified.
Offensive by the Miami-Dade Tax Collector's Office
This new action by Dariel Fernández is part of a systematic campaign he has been conducting since late 2025 against commercial entities operating in violation of federal restrictions on Cuba.
In June, your office that signed an agreement to operate with CUPET to send over 250,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba.
In July, the revocation of the Local Business Tax Receipts for Cargo Caribe LLC, Harkham Shipping LLC, and MV Tinto Shipping LTD was announced, three companies identified by a federal agency for exporting cement to Cuba without authorization and in violation of U.S. legislation.
On July 1st, the Florida HB 905 law, known as FIRE, came into effect, which expanded the authority of local governments in the state to suspend or revoke the licenses of businesses operating in violation of federal restrictions regarding Cuba.
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