Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Luis Alberto Perez Olivas
Position
Head of the Judicial Support Directorate
Nationality
Nicaragua
DoB
1956-01-08
Address
Nicaragua
Reg. ID
C01118568
Official reason
As Head of the Judicial Support Directorate, Luis Alberto Perez Olivas is in charge of El Chipote prison. This detention centre has been identified as a place where serious human rights violations occurred and detainees were physically and psychologically tortured during the time Perez Olivas held that role. Therefore there are reasonable grounds t...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Nicaragua
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 ensure sanctions for Nicaragua are implemented effectively after the UK leaves the EU. Context The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 put in place sanctions measures to encourage the government of Nicaragua to: • respect democratic principles and institutions, the separation of po...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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