The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the Nicaraguan National Polic...
FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the oath of the Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan army General Julio Cesar, at the Revolution square in Managua, Nicaragua February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
The Treasury Department said in a statement it blacklisted Nicaragua’s police over its role in significant acts of violence, including “using live ammunition against peaceful protesters and participating in death squads, as well as carrying out extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and kidnappings.”
“The Ortega regime has utilized the Nicaraguan National Police as a tool in its campaign of violent repression against the Nicaraguan people,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in the statement. The Treasury Department has previously imposed sanctions on officials of Nicaragua’s National Police for human rights abuses.
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