Nicaraguan political prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro speaks to the press ouside a hotel in Herndon, Virginia, on Feb. 9, 2023, after he was released by the Nicaraguan government. / Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 9, 2023 / 14:24 pm (CNA).The dictatorship of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega deported 222 political prisoners to Washington, D.C., Thursday, including recently jailed priests and seminarians. A Nicaraguan appeals court claimed the deportation was necessary to protect "peace" and "national security." Friends and relatives eagerly awaited their arrival at Dulles International Airport. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed the freed prisoners, saying: "The United States welcomes 222 individuals who had been imprisoned by the government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions." He added that "the release of these individuals, one of w...