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 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 Meneses, María 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 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.
Related Cases: Rolando Álvarez
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 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.