US slaps sanctions on more top Nicaraguan officials

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department slapped sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general, the U.S.-born private secretary to President Daniel Ortega and a savings-and-loan business.  The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control blocked the assets of the targets and prohibited U.S. citizens from dealing with them. Those sanctioned Friday include Attorney General Ana Julia Guido De Romero and Secretary of the Presidency Paul Herbert Oquist Kelley. The office has alrea