U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Over 100 Nicaraguan Officials Following Death of Political Prisoner Brooklyn Rivera
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new U.S. sanctions against more than 100 members of Nicaragua's government in response to the death of 73-year-old political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera, who died in state custody on May 30 after nearly three years of detention. Rivera, a former lawmaker and leader of Nicaragua's Miskito indigenous people, was arrested in September 2023 after speaking at a UN forum critical of the Ortega regime and died under unclear circumstances. The sanctions represent an escalation of U.S. pressure on the Ortega-Murillo government, bringing total visa restrictions on Nicaraguan officials to over 2,350.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new U.S. sanctions Monday against more than 100 members of Nicaragua's government following the death of Brooklyn Rivera, a 73-year-old indigenous leader and former lawmaker who died in state custody on May 30. Rivera had been detained since September 2023 after returning to Nicaragua in hiding following a UN speech in April 2023 where he criticized the Ortega regime; he was subsequently held in conditions described as forced disappearance with no contact with family or advocates. The Nicaraguan government claimed Rivera died from a bacterial infection related to COVID-19, though international observers and U.S. officials disputed this account and held the regime responsible for his death through denial of medical care and inhumane detention conditions. Rubio specifically accused official Lumberto Campbell Hooker of involvement in denying medical care and preventing the family from accessing Rivera's remains. Rivera's death marks at least the seventh documented death of a political prisoner under Ortega regime custody. The new sanctions bring the total number of Nicaraguan officials and family members under U.S. visa restrictions to over 2,350.
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