US imposes restrictions on 100 Nicaraguan officials after activist’s death

The Trump administration announced visa restrictions on over 100 Nicaraguan officials and their family members following the death in custody of Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described his death as 'horrific' and said Rivera was a 'political prisoner'. The new restrictions bring the total number of sanctioned Nicaraguan officials and relatives to over 2,350, as part of US efforts to hold the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship accountable.