OFAC Sanctions Nicaraguan Police, Three Commissioners

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and three police commissioners, and issued two general licenses and a new frequently asked question, according to a March 5 news release. The sanctions target the police force for its role in human rights abuses, Treasury said, as well as commissioners Juan Antonio Valle Valle, Luis Alberto Perez Olivas and Justo Pastor Urbina for their roles as senior leaders of the group.

General License No. 1 authorizes certain transactions with the NNP by the U.S. government and General License No. 2 establishes a wind-down period for certain transactions with the NNP until May 6. In FAQ 827, OFAC clarified that the sanctions apply only to the NNP and the three commissioners and not to “individual, non-designated NNP police officers.”