Nestor Moncada Lau
Sanctioned entityBorn 2 Mar 1954 (72 years old),Nicaragua. Named in 11 sanctions listings.
Summary
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Personal advisor to the President of Nicaragua on national security matters. In this capacity, he has been directly involved in and responsible for decision-making on national security matters and the establishment of repressive policies carried out by the State of Nicaragua against people taking part in demonstrations, opposition representatives and journalists in Nicaragua from Apr 2018 onwards.
À ce titre, il a directement participé à la prise de décisions sur des questions de sécurité nationale et à la mise en place de politiques répressives menées par l'État du Nicaragua à l'encontre de personnes participant à des manifestations, de représentants de l'opposition et de journalistes dans le pays depuis avril 2018, et il en porte la responsabilité.
(UE) 2020/606 du 04/05/2020 (UE Nicaragua - R (UE) 2019/1716) (FondementJuridique: 21)
Sanctions and listings11
EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Nicaragua - (UE) 2020/606 du 04/05/2020 (UE Nicaragua - R (UE) 2019/1716)
Direction Générale du TrésorFrench National Asset Freezing SystemFrance
À ce titre, il a directement participé à la prise de décisions sur des questions de sécurité nationale et à la mise en place de politiques répressives menées par l'État du Nicaragua à l'encontre de personnes participant à des manifestations, de représentants de l'opposition et de journalistes dans le pays depuis avril 2018, et il en porte la responsabilité.
Programme EU-NICReference EU.5585.12gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.frsanctionsmap.eu
EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Nicaragua - Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
Council of the European UnionEU Consolidated Travel BansEuropean Union
regulationType=council decision; organisationType=council
Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Nicaragua
Programme EU-NICeur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu
- Effective
- 31 Dec 2020
UK sanctions relating to Nicaragua - The Nicaragua (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
UK; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeUK FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom
Asset freeze, travel ban and director disqualification sanction
Moncada Lau holds several unofficial positions in Ortega’s regime. He is the custodian of the Sandinista National Liberation Front. He also acts as the liaison between Ortega and the chief of the National Police, as well as with paramilitary groups and intelligence activities. In these roles, he has been involved in serious violations of human rights in Nicaragua through the National Police’s disproportionate use of force in relation to the 2018 protests, including extrajudicial killings, violating the right to life, the right to freedom of assembly and the right to freedom of expression. He is also involved in paramilitary groups murdering and arbitrarily detaining protesters, violating the right to life, the right to freedom of assembly and the right to freedom of expression.
Programme GB-NICReference 13837Reference NIC0006Last updated 9 Apr 2025gov.ukgov.uk
- Listed
- 4 May 2020
EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Nicaragua
Federal Public Service FinanceBelgian Financial SanctionsBelgium
2020/606 (OJ L139I)
Programme EU-NICfinance.belgium.besanctionsmap.eu
- Listed
- 24 Jun 2020
Measures Against Nicaragua - Ordinance of 24 June 2020 on measures against Nicaragua (RS 946.231.158.5), Annex
State Secretariat for Economic AffairsSwiss SECO Sanctions/EmbargoesSwitzerland
Programme SECO-NICARAGUAReference 42057Reference 4seco.admin.chseco.admin.ch
- Listed
- 27 Nov 2018
Nicaragua-Related Sanctions - NICARAGUA
Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States
NICARAGUA and block
Executive Order 13851 (Nicaragua)
Programme US-NICARAGUAReference 26125treasury.govofac.treasury.gov
- Listed
- 11 Dec 2018
- Effective
- 27 Nov 2018
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
- Listed
- 21 Jun 2019
Special Economic Measures Act - Nicaragua
Global Affairs CanadaCanadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions ListCanada
Programme CA-SEMAReference 8international.gc.cainternational.gc.ca
- Listed
- 4 May 2020
EU Restrictive Measures In View Of The Situation In Nicaragua - NIC
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets UnionEU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)European Union
regulationType=amendment; organisationType=council
2020/606 (OJ L139I)
Programme EU-NICReference EU.5585.12eur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu
Official designation
La Principauté de MonacoMonaco National Fund Freezing ListMonaco
(UE) 2020/606 du 04/05/2020 and (ue) 2026/2271 du 09/10/2026
Autorité de désignation publiée : Union européenne
Conseiller personnel du président du Nicaragua pour les questions de sécurité nationale jusqu'en 2025. À ce titre, depuis avril 2018, il a directement participé à la prise de décisions sur des questions de sécurité nationale et à la mise en place de politiques répressives menées par l’État du Nicaragua à l’encontre de personnes participant à des manifestations, de représentants de l’opposition et de journalistes dans le pays, et il en porte la responsabilité.
Positions held3
Period not retained
Personal advisor to the President of Nicaragua on national security matters.
Period not retained
Conseiller personnel du président du Nicaragua pour les questions de sécurité nationale
Period not retained
Personal advisor to the President of Nicaragua on national security matters
Other names5
Also known as4
Weak aliases1
Spellings the source flags as too generic to establish a match on their own.
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