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US Targets Nicaraguan Officials for Revoking Critics' Citizenship

by Reuters

   WASHINGTON --

   The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three
   Nicaraguan judicial officials it said were involved in revoking the
   citizenship of more than 300 people who oppose President Daniel
   Ortega's government.

   Nicaragua in February expelled more than 200 political prisoners to the
   United States and later stripped them of their citizenship, before
   revoking the citizenship of another 94 Nicaraguans, some living abroad
   but some still residing in the country at the time.

   The Treasury targeted two magistrates and a judge at courts in Managua
   that affirmed those, it said in a statement.

   "The Ortega regime continues to engage in anti-democratic actions that
   target the most vocal opposition figures in Nicaragua, including
   through its judicial system," Brian Nelson, the Treasury's
   undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in the
   statement.