Ortega attacks 94 opponents and strips them of their nationality

The Nicaraguan government has withdrawn the nationality of 94 Nicaraguans accused by the Attorney General’s Office of committing the crime of “treason to the homeland”, as ruled Wednesday by the Court of Appeals of Managua (TAM).

The citizens, among whom are journalists, activists, politicians, and religious and human rights defenders, have been declared “fugitives from justice”.

All their assets and companies will be confiscated and placed in the hands of the State, as reported by ‘La Prensa’.

The list includes:

• the director of the newspaper ‘Confidencial’, Carlos Fernando Chamorro;
• the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Silvio Báez;
• the president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights, Vilma Núñez;
• the writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli;
• the ex-guerrilla, Mónica Baltodano;
• and the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norman Caldera.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office charged the 94 Nicaraguans with alleged conspiracy crimes to undermine national integrity and alleged propagation of false news.

The stripping of the nationality of almost one hundred citizens took place after Nicaragua deported 222 prisoners to the United States, whom it also left stateless, bringing to 316 Nicaraguans who lost their citizenship in less than a week.

With information from LGI

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