WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th August, 2018) US President Donald Trump should impose new sanctions against Nicaraguan government officials under the Global Magnitsky Act for human rights violations, Congressman Eliot Engel, Senator Marco Rubio and 12 other lawmakers said in a letter on Friday.
"As violence and unrest continue to escalate in Nicaragua, we ask you to determine whether Nicaraguan nationals Sonia Castro, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo and Gustavo Porras meet the criteria to be held accountable under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act," the letter said.
