OFAC Sanctions 3 Nicaraguan Officials

The Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned three senior Nicaragua officials for supporting President Daniel Ortega’s regime. The sanctions target Marvin Ramiro Aguilar Garcia, the vice president of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court of Justice; Walmaro Antonio Gutierrez Mercado, a deputy of the National Assembly; and Fidel De Jesus Dominguez Alvarez, chief of the Nicaraguan National Police in Leon, OFAC said Dec. 21. OFAC said all three support the Ortega regime’s effort to “undermine Nicaragua’s democracy.”