US Imposes Sanctions on Nicaragua's Attorney General for Human Rights Violations

The Biden administration targets Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina for her role in suppressing dissent and aiding the Ortega regime's repressive actions.

The United States has sanctioned Nicaragua’s Attorney General, Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, citing her involvement in the suppression of dissent and unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society.
Morales Urbina is accused of facilitating a campaign to seize property from political opponents without legal basis and supporting President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo's oppression of the Nicaraguan people.
The sanctions include freezing Morales Urbina’s assets in the US and banning US transactions with her, as part of efforts to hold anti-democratic actors and human rights abusers accountable.
Morales Urbina played a crucial role in designating Nicaraguan opposition members as 'terrorists' and blocking their financial resources, as well as in the arbitrary shuttering of over 3,500 civil society organizations.
The US reaffirms its support for the Nicaraguan people, continuing to oppose Ortega's government amid increasing human rights violations and the consolidation of power through repressive measures.