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Nicaragua's government committed human rights violations that amount to "crimes against humanity," a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report ...
A report from the United Nations released on Tuesday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including an intensifying crackdown on dissent ...
A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity," implicating a range of high ...
Jason Puracal (born May 31, 1977) is an American who was wrongly sentenced to serve 22 years in prison in Nicaragua on charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime. [1] Puracal's case went before the Appeals Court on August 16, 2012, nearly one year after his original conviction. [ 2 ]
The investigation found that the suspect was not in Nicaragua at the time. No external injuries were observed, and the death was ruled a suffocation. [4] José Casimiro Salas Chávez (52) - on New Year's Eve, 2001, Salas' lifeless body was found on the rocky riverbank of the Rio Escondido, an estuary near San Juan del Sur. He had suffered from ...
Wiley died in a battle in Nicaragua and Green died in California on the same day. [13] Wiley helped command the attack on the San Jacinto ranch in September 1856. [13] Nicaraguans defeated the filibusters in that famous battle (the Battle of San Jacinto) and today have a national holiday to celebrate their victory over Wiley and his men.
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Nicaraguan police on Friday arrested three more Catholic priests, bringing the number of clergymen detained this week to at least nine, according to sources close to the local ...
Nicaraguan police detained four more priests early on Saturday, bringing the total number to 12 over the past three days, according to a high-ranking member of the Catholic Church with knowledge ...