US sanctions over 100 Nicaraguan officials and relatives with travel ban
The move expands a sanctions campaign that has now barred more than 2,350 Nicaraguan officials and family members, Rubio said.
- On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced expanded visa restrictions against more than 2,350 Nicaraguan officials and family members, citing the death last month of imprisoned Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera.
- Imprisoned since September 2023, Rivera died in government custody after three years with little outside contact. The Nicaraguan government claimed he died from a bacterial infection following COVID-19, though human rights activists globally denounced his death.
- Rivera's arrest occurred during a yearslong crackdown on civil society following mass protests in 2018. Since then, the Nicaraguan government has shuttered more than 5,000 organizations and forced thousands to flee the country.
- The United States has barred more than 2,350 Nicaraguan officials and family members from entering as part of a broader sanctions campaign. In April, the Trump administration also sanctioned two sons of the nation's co-presidents.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs condemned the disappearance of six of Rivera's family members and friends. The Nicaraguan government did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the new restrictions.
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Rubio Sanctions over 100 Nicaraguan Officials After Death of Elderly Political Prisoner
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sanctioned over 100 members of Nicaragua's Ortega regime after the death of Brooklyn Rivera. The post Marco Rubio Sanctions over 100 Nicaraguan Officials After Death of Elderly Political Prisoner appeared first on Breitbart.
The Death of an Imprisoned Activist Has Triggered U.S. Sanctions Against 100 Nicaraguans: Who Was Brooklyn Rivera?
Brooklyn Rivera's death in government custody last month drew international condemnation, with his daughter saying that the Ortega regime blocked an independent autopsy
On the 8th (local time), the U.S. government imposed visa restrictions on over 100 Nicaraguan government officials. This measure holds the government accountable for the recent death of opposition leader Brooklyn Rivera while incarcerated. The sanctions target a large number of powerful figures within the administration, including close aides to the married "co-presidents." The U.S. State Department stated that they prevented Rivera from receivi…
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National Catholic RegisterRubio imposes visa restrictions on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and their families
The move places increased pressure on the dictatorship, which for years has carried out systematic persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua. [...]
Because of alleged human rights violations, more than 100 representatives of the Nicaraguan government are no longer allowed to enter the US. A total of 2,350 people are affected.
By Sol Amaya, CNN en Español The United States imposed additional visa restrictions on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and their families after the death in state custody of the indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera. This was reported in a statement published on the Department of State website. “The United States will not ignore the responsibility of Murillo-Ortega’s dictatorship in the horrible death of political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera,” said …
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