Nicaragua dictatorship confiscates assets of political prisoners it deported to U.S.
Nicaraguan academic and political activist Felix Maradiaga speaks during an interview with AFP in Managua on Feb. 11, 2021. / Credit: STR/AFP via Getty ImagesACI Prensa Staff, Jun 13, 2023 / 15:15 pm (CNA).A Nicaraguan court on June 9 announced the "freezing and forfeiture" of all real estate and of all shares of commercial companies belonging to the 222 political prisoners who were deported to the U.S. in February.The ruling by Criminal Chamber 1 of the Court of Appeals based in Managua, dated May 19, points out that the former prisoners were declared "traitors to the homeland&...