The manager of a Nicaraguan opposition newspaper was sentenced to nine years in jail for money laundering Thursday, his outlet reported, becoming the latest opponent of President Daniel Ortega to receive a lengthy prison term. Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, a cousin of jailed former opposition presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro, was sentenced after a three-day trial…
Managua, Mar 31 (EFE).- The director of Nicaragua’s La Prensa newspaper, Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, considered a “political prisoner” of President Daniel Ortega’s government by humanitarian agencies, was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison and ordered to pay a fine, the paper reported. Judge Nadia Camila Tardencilla Rodríguez, head of the Second Court …
Nicaragua’s main opposition figure and would-be presidential challenger to Daniel Ortega was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison after being found guilty of financial crimes, a human rights gro…