OFAC, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets, has imposed sanctions on three entities based in Nicaragua: the Training Center of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Managua (RTC); Compania Minera Internacional, Sociedad Anónima (COMINTSA); and Capital Mining Investment Nicaragua, Sociedad Anónima (Capital Mining).
The RTC is a Nicaragua-based subdivision of the Government of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The RTC is a subdivision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Government of Russia’s (GOR), based in Nicaragua. It trains the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and other law enforcement agencies in Latin America.
According to OFAC, the RTC in Nicaragua trains Nicaraguan police officers to “better confront ‘coup plotters'” – those who dare to voice their opposition to the regime.
COMINTSA and Capital Mining are government-affiliated gold companies that generate revenue for the Ortega-Murillo regime. Capital Mining is controlled by Laureano Ortega Murillo, the son of President Ortega and Vice President Murillo.
