Moreno is alleged to serve as the main link between municipal governments and the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and as acting as a leader of the Sandinista Youth, the FSLN’s youth organization. The Sandinista Youth has been implicated in numerous serious human rights abuses related to the ongoing protests against the Nicaraguan government, including in the beating of protesters in April 2018 and allegedly participating in the June attack that killed a family of six in Managua. Moreno has been personally implicated in ordering attacks on protesters as far back as 2013, when elderly and young people who were peacefully protesting reduced retirement pensions were violently dislodged from their encampment by members of the Sandinista Youth. In 2013 Moreno also is suspected to having orchestrated the use of motorcyclists to violently attack individuals protesting the flawed rollout of a Nicaraguan government program, and in early 2017 recruited others to join a group of motorcyclists to take part in measures to counter anti-government marches. Moreno has been accused of stealing large sums of money from Managua municipal projects, as well as using municipal funds to pay for FSLN party activities. [1] [2]
Information
| IDENTIFYING INFORMATION | Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party advocate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 26.02.1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicaragua |
| NATIONALITY | Nicaragua |
| COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE | Nicaragua |
| FULL NAME | Fidel Antonio Moreno Briones |
| FIRST AND MIDDLE NAME(S) | Fidel Antonio |
| ALIASES | None |
| FAMILY MEMBERS | Unknown |
| FAMILY MEMBERS SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS | None |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS FROZEN OR CONFISCATED | Unknown |
| ESTIMATES OF ASSETS RETURNED | None |
| SANCTIONS REGIMES | US Global Magnitsky Sanctions. [1] |
| START OF SANCTIONS | 05.07.2018 [1] |