US imposes sanctions on Nicaragua's attorney general

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday sanctioned Nicaragua's attorney general for her role in the government's "unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society," the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, who has been the country's attorney general since 2019, "has exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent by seizing property from government political opponents without a legal basis,” Brian Nelson, the department's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.