Nicaragua police detain another opposition presidential hopeful
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Arturo Cruz’s detention comes three days after opposition presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro was placed under house arrest.
Police in Nicaragua has taken opposition politician Arturo Cruz into custody, detaining a second presidential hopeful in less than a week and escalating the battle ahead of November elections in which President Daniel Ortega seeks to maintain his grip on power. Cruz, an academic who was Nicaragua’s ambassador to the United States between 2007 and 2009, was detained at the Managua airport upon arrival from Washington, DC, on Saturday, according to his aides. The prosecutor’s offices said in a statement that Cruz was being investigated by the national police based on “strong evidence that he has attacked Nicaraguan society”.More Related News