Additional Name(s): Salvador Paguagua
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Nicaragua
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: October/7/2023
Date of Release: September/5/2024
Current Status: 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 was 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.
On September 5, 2024, the Nicaraguan government exiled Paguaga to Guatemala.
Related cases: Yesner Cipriano Pineda Meneses, María Asunción Salgado
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Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Nicaragua
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: June/2/2023
Date of Release: September/5/2024
Current Status: 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 was 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.
On September 5, 2024, the Nicaraguan government exiled Moreno Ponce to Guatemala.
Related Cases: 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
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 came amid a crackdown on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Se eleva a 18 el número de obispos, sacerdotes y seminaristas presos políticos en Nicaragua" Confidencial
- "Regime starts 2024 with more repression: they denounce the arrest of a seminarian and the exile of another priest" Nicaragua Investiga
- "These are the priests and seminarians that Ortega dictatorship has jailed in the last two weeks" La Prensa