I even through in the separately-issued State Department press release:

Nicaragua-related Designations; Issuance of Amended Russia-related General License and Associated Frequently Asked Questions

Treasury Press Release: Treasury Sanctions Nicaraguan Officials Enabling the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Repression

State Press Release: Sanctioning the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Agents Enforcing Its Repression of the Nicaraguan People

Additions:

The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

OFAC Program: [NICARAGUA] Nicaragua-related Sanctions

FLORES JIMENEZ, Johana Vanessa

• Managua, Nicaragua
• DOB 24 Feb 1971
• POB Managua, Nicaragua
• nationality Nicaragua
• Gender Female
• National ID No. 0012402710038N (Nicaragua)
• Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Johana Vanessa Flores Jimenez was appointed the Nicaraguan Minister of Labor in August 2025. The Ministry of Labor has exploited workers, resulting in unfair conditions of competition, confiscating property interests of domestic and foreign religious institutions and U.S. persons or businesses, and creating a high-risk environment for U.S. companies investing in Nicaragua.

GUTIERREZ LOPEZ, Leonel Jose

• Managua, Nicaragua
• DOB 09 Feb 1963
• POB Managua, Nicaragua
• nationality Nicaragua
• Gender Male
• National ID No. 0010902630041C (Nicaragua)
• Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Major General of the Nicaraguan Army Leonel Jose Gutierrez Lopez headed the Nicaraguan Army’s Directorate of Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DICIM) for more than a decade. The DICIM is responsible for internal and external surveillance, monitoring protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, and retired military members to suppress opposition to the regime.

MEMBRENO RIVAS, Denis

• Managua, Nicaragua
• DOB 16 Jul 1956
• POB Leon, Nicaragua
• nationality Nicaragua
• Gender Male
• National ID No. 2811607560007V (Nicaragua)
• Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Retired Major General Denis Membreno Rivas has served as the Director of Nicaragua’s Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) since its creation in 2012. The UAF has been weaponized by the regime to monitor inflows of money, block financing to peaceful opposition, and liquidate assets of political dissidents and NGOs.

REYES OCHOA, Celia Margarita

• AKA: REYES OCHOA, Celia
• Managua, Nicaragua
• DOB 16 Sep 1983
• POB Matagalpa, Nicaragua
• nationality Nicaragua
• Gender Female
• National ID No. 4411609830008V (Nicaragua)
• Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Celia Margarita Reyes Ochoa has been the deputy director general of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (TELCOR) since 2023. TELCOR is the regulatory body for telecommunications, functioning as a central component of a broad surveillance apparatus used to monitor and control social media, intercept communications, and geolocate individuals.

SAENZ ULLOA, Aldo Martin

• Nindiri, Masaya, Nicaragua
• DOB 12 Nov 1958
• POB Chinandega, Nicaragua
• nationality Nicaragua
• Gender Male
• National ID No. 0861211580003G (Nicaragua)
• Party Type: individual

Supplemental Information: Former Police Chief Commissioner Aldo Martin Saenz Ulloa has served as the Deputy Director of Nicaragua’s Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) since its creation in 2012. The UAF has been used to increase the regime’s capacity for political repression by persecuting political opponents under the guise of anti-money laundering and terrorism financing laws.