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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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 …
The U.S. has imposed travel bans on more than 100 Nicaraguan officials and their families as part of a broader campaign to punish the current government for human rights violations. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement today that the new sanctions were imposed in part because of the death last month of a jailed activist, Brooklyn Rivera, who criticized the policies of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-pres…
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