Walmaro Antonio GUTIERREZ MERCADO

Nicaragua

1968-05-05

Managua, Nicaragua

Male

KM. 43.5 South Road Panamerican, South Panamerican Highway, Diriamba, Carazo, Nicaragua

A0007922, Passport

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Vice President of the Nicaraguan Supreme Court of Justice, Marvin Ramiro Aguilar Garcia; a Deputy of the National Assembly, Walmaro Antonio Gutierrez Mercado; and a Chief of the Nicaraguan National Police in Leon, Fidel De Jesus Dominguez Alvarez, in an effort to target government officials that continue to assist the Ortega regime’s effort to undermine Nicaragua’s democracy. The individuals designated today each are responsible for coopting judicial or financial reporting mechanisms to support the Ortega regime’s systematic identification, intimidation, and punishment of political opposition. Walmaro Antonio Gutierrez Mercado (Gutierrez) was designated for being an official of the Government of Nicaragua or for having served as an official of the Government of Nicaragua at any time on or after January 10, 2007. Gutierrez is a Deputy of the National Assembly and President of the Production, Economic, and Budget Commission. He publicly supported the controversial Foreign Agents Law, which specifies that individuals and entities in Nicaragua that receive foreign funds must generally register and file detailed monthly reports with the Interior Ministry. This law, which contemplates fines and other legal sanctions for noncompliance, will likely be invoked to target key individuals or organizations that the government deems to be a threat. The law will also affect implementers of humanitarian and democracy programs in country, as contractors may not want to risk being a target of the regime due to their work with international development organizations.

US

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1218

2020-12-21

US

Executive Order 13851 of November 27, 2018 Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Nicaragua

OFAC country specific

Nicaragua

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2581

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 Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018, and the Ortega regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate violence and repressive tactics against civilians, and its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and declared a national emergency to deal with that threat.