US Announces Sanctions Against Nicaragua's Attorney General

The relationship between the Church and Ortega's government deteriorated during protests against social security reforms in 2018, which the UN estimates left about 300 people dead. (Credit: AFP)

The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Nicaragua's Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina due to her involvement in the oppressive actions of the Ortega-Murillo regime against political prisoners and civil society in the country.

According to the Treasury, the sanctions are directly related to Morales Urbina's conduct after the 2018 mass civil protests.