US secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, Aug. 29, 2024. Sullivan announced Sept. 5, 2024, that the United States secured the release of 135 political prisoners detained in Nicaragua.

The White House announced Thursday the United States has secured the release of 135 political prisoners it said had been unjustly detained in Nicaragua for peacefully exercising their “fundamental rights of free expression, association and practicing their religion.”