Nicaraguan police said Sunday that they had detained four more opposition figures in a roundup ahead of November presidential elections in which four would-be challengers of long-serving leader Danie…
Nicaragua detains four more opposition figures
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MANAGUA, June 14, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Nicaraguan police said Sunday that they had detained four more opposition figures in a roundup ahead of November presidential elections in which four would-be challengers of long-serving leader Daniel Ortega have already been held.
Those arrested Sunday were top figures of the Unamos opposition party its president Suyen Barahona Cuan, vice-president Hugo Torres, ex-guerilla Dora Maria Tellez and Ana Margarita Vigil Guardian, a police statement said.
It said the four were being investigated for “acts that undermine independence, sovereignty and self-determination, (and) inciting foreign interference in internal affairs,” among other crimes.
Five more opponents of President Daniel Ortega have been arrested. The detainees include members of the leftist Unamos party, and a former comrade-in-arms of the president.