The Miami-Dade County tax collector, Dariel Fernández, 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 state-owned company 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 entity dedicated to the wholesale trade of fuels and lubricants, which was included on the Specially Designated Nationals List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury on July 13 due to its ties to the Castro government.
"Federal law enforcement agencies provided our office with information indicating that Lux Sky Cargo LLC conducts 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 social media account X, 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 Florida corporation established in July 2022 and currently registered as Lux Sky Cargo, Inc. It is listed as a national nonprofit entity with active status in the Florida Division of Corporations. Its president and registered agent is Perla C. González Huerta, located in Miami.
The company had activity authorized by the government of Cuba. In June 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Cuban Government approved its registration in the National Registry of Foreign Trade Representations, affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce.
According to a report from the newspaper Granma dated that time, Lux Sky Cargo, based in the United States, was authorized to develop "a wide range" of activities related to "vehicles, parts, food, beverages, miscellaneous items, mobile phones, fuel, appliances, empty containers, refrigerated and regular."
Lux Sky Cargo is located at 8573 NW 72nd St, Miami, and on its social media, it promotes cargo services and vehicle shipments of "the best luxury and utility car 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 requires the Tax Collector's Office 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 Department of State and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of the Trump administration's offensive against the Cuban energy sector.
These are two Cuban state-owned enterprises 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 limited public exposure, despite their strategic importance in ensuring the supply of fuels to the country.
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 the collector Dariel Fernández is part of a systematic campaign he has been conducting since the end of 2025 against commercial entities that operate 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.
The following month, he announced the revocation of the Local Commercial Tax Receipts for Cargo Caribe LLC, Harkham Shipping LLC, and MV Tinto Shipping LTD, three companies identified by a federal agency for exporting cement to Cuba without authorization and in violation of U.S. law.
On July 1st, the Florida law HB 905, known as FIRE, came into effect, expanding the authority of local governments in the state to suspend or revoke licenses of businesses operating in violation of federal restrictions on Cuba.
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