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US Sanctions Sons of Daniel Ortega and Seven Nicaragua Gold Companies
The sanctions block U.S. access for officials and firms accused of using gold profits and seized assets to finance repression.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned two sons of Nicaraguan copresidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, including Maurice Facundo Ortega Murillo, presidential delegate for sports, and Daniel Edmundo Ortega Murillo, head of the Communication and Citizenship Council.
- Sanctions stem from the 2025 forcible seizure of BHMB Mining Nicaragua, a company with foreign investment, as Treasury said the sanctioned companies used corruption within the gold industry to fill government coffers and maintain political control.
- Officials including Santiago Hernan Bermudez Tapia, vice minister of energy and mines, were sanctioned as Empresa Nicaraguense de Minas funnels gold profits to private sector partners and regime insiders, Treasury alleged.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the U.S. will not allow the "illicit confiscation of American-owned assets" and will "target revenue streams that empower the corrupt Murillo-Ortega regime.
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By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN en Español. The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned two sons of Nicaragua's presidential couple, Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president Rosario Murillo, for their role within the government apparatus and their ties to a network linked to the gold mining business that, according to Washington, finances the regime. Daniel Edmundo Ortega Murillo, 46, and Maurice Facundo Ortega Murillo, 40, are two of the se…
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Thursday that it imposed sanctions on two sons of Nicaragua's co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, the deputy minister of Energy and Mines, and companies linked to mining operations…
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US sanctions sons of Nicaragua's leaders and officials in the country's gold industry
The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on two sons of Nicaragua’s copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, along with other officials and companies tied to the country’s gold sector.
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