Nicaragua tries, sentences more opposition leaders
ABC News
One-time Nicaragua presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro and one of her brothers were among five people formally placed on trial Thursday
MEXICO CITY -- One-time Nicaragua presidential aspirant Cristiana Chamorro and one of her brothers were among five people formally placed on trial Thursday.
Chamorro, 68, has been under house arrest since June 2. She was taken under heavy guard to the notorious El Chipote prison in the capital, according to the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights.
Chamorro, her brother Pedro Joaquín Chamorro and three former employees of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation will be tried for money laundering and other alleged crimes. The foundation provided money for training journalists and defending freedom of expression.
She was one of the first in a wave of detentions against opposition leaders, including seven potential presidential candidates, to clear the way from President Daniel Ortega's re-election to a fourth consecutive term in office Nov. 7.
