The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, Nicaragua’s Attorney General.
In 2018, anti-government protests erupted in Nicaragua, prompting ongoing violent repression by the President Ortega. On February 9, 2023, President Ortega expelled 222 political prisoners and put them on a flight to Washington, D.C.
Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina is a Nicaragua’s Attorney General. She wass appointed to the role of Attorney General of the Republic of Nicaragua on May 10, 2019, by President Ortega. She is responsible for enabling the Ortega-Murillo regime to steal real property formerly belonging to independent media outlets, international organizations, and political prisoners.
“The United States reiterates its enduring support for the Nicaraguan people, who continue to bravely reject the authoritarianism of President Ortega and his inner circle” m and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terroris
The following individual has been added to OFAC’s SDN List:
- MORALES URBINA, Wendy Carolina. Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 28 May 1980; POB Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; citizen Nicaragua; Gender Female; National ID No. 001-280580-0021Y (Nicaragua).
