The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, declared that the sanctions issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury, against three officials of the Judicial Branch was because they are “directly responsible » the stripping of the Nicaraguan nationality to more than 300 opponents.
The head of North American diplomacy assured that his country is taking more measures to hold the perpetrators accountable for the repressive actions of the Nicaraguan regime against its people.
“The United States is imposing sanctions on Nicaraguan judges who played a role in stripping more than 300 Nicaraguans of their citizenship, leaving many of these people stateless,” Blinken said in a public statement released by the State Department.
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The three Nicaraguan judges sanctioned by the United States are Nadia Camila Tardencilla Rodríguez, head of the Second Managua hearing court; Judge Ernesto Leonel Rodríguez Mejía, presiding magistrate of the Managua Court of Appeals (TAM) and Judge Octavio Ernesto Rothschuh Andino, magistrate of Criminal Chamber One of TAM.
Rothschuh Andino was in charge of announcing the dictatorship’s decision to exile 222 Nicaraguans, declaring them traitors to the homeland and stripping them of their nationality on February 9.
On February 15 of this year, Judge Rodríguez announced the regime’s decision to strip 94 Nicaraguan citizens of their nationality, declaring them traitors to the country.
“We will continue to use the diplomatic and economic tools available to promote accountability for the abuses of the Ortega-Murillo regime,” said the Joe Biden government official.
Blinken also reiterated his call for the immediate and unconditional release of Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa. In addition, he urged the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to restore civic space for the people of Nicaragua.
On February 10, 2023, Judge Tardencilla issued a judicial order that stripped Catholic Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of his Nicaraguan citizenship and convicted him of treason, undermining national integrity and authority, aggravated obstruction, and spreading news. false.
The US Treasury sanctions were imposed this Wednesday, April 19, the date on which the fifth anniversary of the April Rebellion of 2018 is commemorated, in accordance with Executive Order 13851, which authorizes the imposition of sanctions on officials of the Nicaraguan regime. .
