Additional Name(s): Salvador Paguagua

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Nicaragua

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Date of Detainment: October/7/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Association Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Salvador Paguaga

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Salvador Paguaga is detained for his religious belief, activity, and association.

On October 7, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Paguaga, together with Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda Meneses and María Asunción Salgado, while they were observing the Virgin of the Rosary in the Estelí cathedral. 

Related cases: Yesner Cipriano Pineda MenesesMaría Asunción Salgado

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Nicaragua

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Date of Detainment: June/2/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Online Activity Religious Expression

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Freylin Axarael Moreno Ponce

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Freylin Axarael Moreno Ponce is detained for his religious expression.

On June 2, 2023, Nicaraguan authorities arrested Moreno Ponce after he asked, on social media, for prayers for Bishop Rolando Álvarez.

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Additional Name(s): Francisco Odorico Castilblanco Castro

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Nicaragua

Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic

Date of Detainment: January/2/2024

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Francisco Odorico Castilblanco

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Francisco Odorico Castilblanco is detained for his religious belief and religious activity.

On January 2, 2024, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Castilblanco, a seminarian from the Diocese of Jinotega. His arrest comes amid a crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.