The government of Nicaragua announced Friday it has confiscated properties belonging to 222 opposition figures who were forced into exile in February after being imprisoned by the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
Those taken from prison and forced aboard a flight to the United States on Feb. 9 included seven former presidential hopefuls, lawyers, rights activists, journalists and former members of the Sandinista guerrilla movement.
The statement claimed that the dissidents lost their rights to their properties and any shares in companies in NIcaragua, after being convicted of "committing acts against the nation's sovereignty, independence and self determination." Those trials were often rushed and completed within hours inside prison walls.
"In political terms, this just shows the regime is in decline, and has to resort to robbery to show strength," she said. Thousands have fled into exile since Nicaraguan security forces violently put down mass antigovernment protests in 2018. Ortega says the protests were an attempted coup with foreign backing, aiming for his overthrow and encouraging foreign nations to apply sanctions on members of his family and government.
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