Nicaragua revoked the nationality and confiscated the assets of a new group of former political prisonersa total of 135 people who were sent last week through the mediation of the United States to Guatemalain a practice used before and that the HIM rejects.
The measure was announced by the judiciary, accused of being at the service of the Government of Daniel Ortega and his wife, the vice president Rosario Murillowhich has increased repression since the 2018 protests, according to the HIM.
A court of Managua ordered the “loss of Nicaraguan nationality to 135 people, convicted of criminal acts that threatened the Sovereignty, Independence and Self-determination of the Nicaraguan People“and ordered the confiscation of the assets of the convicted persons,” according to a statement.
The head of American diplomacy for Latin America, Brian Nichols, He criticized the withdrawal of nationality as “inhuman and cruel acts” that “only serve to further isolate Nicaragua,” X wrote.
For its part, the Guatemalan government said that “the option of applying for asylum offered by Guatemala remains” for the 135 Nicaraguans.
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