Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Nestor MONCADA LAU
Aliases
CHEMA
Nationality
Nicaragua
DoB
1954-03-02
Official reason
OFAC imposed sanctions on two of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s closest associates: the Vice President of Nicaragua and First Lady, Rosario Maria Murillo De Ortega (Murillo), and Nestor Moncada Lau (Moncada), who has acted as a national security advisor to the President and Vice President. Moncada is being designated for acting for or on beh...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm554
Date of listing
2018-11-27
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Nicaragua
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2581
Official Information
On November 27, 2018, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order 13851 (83 FR 61505, November 29, 2018) (E.O. 13851). In E.O. 13851, the President determined that the situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response by the Governme...
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/04/2019-19049/nicaragua-sanctions-regulations