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Colombia captures one of the founders of the Tren de Aragua gang, wanted in Venezuela and Chile

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police arrested one of the founders of Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang that was founded in a Venezuelan prison and is now involved in multiple criminal enterprises throughout Latin America, authorities said Monday. Álvarez, also known as Larry Changa, is wanted in Chile and Venezuela for the alleged crimes of terrorism, financing terrorism, weapons trafficking, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nicaragua says it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 18 priests from jail, handed them over to Vatican

The Independent

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome from prison, guests of Vatican

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government released a prominent Catholic bishop and 18 other clergy members imprisoned in a crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and handed them over to Vatican authorities who welcomed them in Rome. Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the other clergy were jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nicaragua says it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 18 priests from jail, handed them over to Vatican

LA Times

Bishop Rolando Álvarez gives a news conference in 2018. The Nicaraguan government said Sunday it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 clergy members from jail and handed them over to Vatican authorities. Ortega’s government said those released Sunday also included Bishop Isidoro Mora. Since repressing popular protests in 2018 that called for his resignation, Ortega’s regime has systematically silenced opposing …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaragua’s vote to strip opponents of citizenship

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Last week Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests, students, activists and other dissidents to the United States, their release long demanded by the international community. “He would prefer to revert to a steady, low-level authoritarian government in which there are no, perhaps none of the more visible forms of abuses, but continuing political …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Pope worried about Nicaraguan bishop sentenced to 26 years

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sadness and worry at the news that Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of the Nicaraguan government, had been sentenced to 26 years in prison. That concern was also echoed in Nicaragua’s capital, when Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes said someone had asked him what they could do for Álvarez. “Pray that the Lord …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaraguan bishop who refused exile gets 26 years in prison

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua’s government, was sentenced to 26 years in prison and stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship Friday, the latest move by President Daniel Ortega against the Catholic church and his opponents. Andrew Chesnut, a professor of religious studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, said Álvarez’s sentence “constitutes the most severe …

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1 year, 10 months ago

5 priests sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy in Nicaragua

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — A Nicaraguan court has sentenced four Roman Catholic priests to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges stemming from long-standing government allegations that the church backed illegal pro-democracy protests. The Nicaraguan Human Rights Center described the sentences as “a legal aberration.” “This is an insult to the law, an insult to people’s intelligence, an insult to the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Attorney who laundered millions for Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel sentenced to 15 years in prison

LA Times

Despite growing up poor in the stronghold city of the Sinaloa cartel, Juan Manuel Álvarez Inzunza overcame a difficult childhood and earned a law degree, even leaving his hometown for a time to avoid the drug violence that hung over the region. But he said Friday he was “deeply remorseful” and thanked the U.S. government for capturing him, saying his …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Venezuelans tied to anti-Maduro plot sentenced to 6 years

Associated Press

MIAMI — A judge in Colombia has sentenced three Venezuelan men to six years in prison for helping organize an ill-conceived plot to remove President Nicolás Maduro involving former American Green Berets. In March, the men pleaded guilty to working alongside Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret and Iraq war veteran, in organizing a rag tag army of a …

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Colombia captures one of the founders of the Tren de Aragua gang, wanted in Venezuela and Chile

Nicaragua says it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 18 priests from jail, handed them over to Vatican

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome from prison, guests of Vatican

Nicaragua says it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez, 18 priests from jail, handed them over to Vatican

Nicaragua’s vote to strip opponents of citizenship

Pope worried about Nicaraguan bishop sentenced to 26 years

Nicaraguan bishop who refused exile gets 26 years in prison

5 priests sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy in Nicaragua

Attorney who laundered millions for Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel sentenced to 15 years in prison

Venezuelans tied to anti-Maduro plot sentenced to 6 years