The US demands that Nicaragua release the newly detained priest

NOW he requested the release of the Nicaraguan priest this Friday Fernando Israel Zamorachancellor of the Diocese of Siuna, in the Caribbean since Nicaraguawho was arrested by the National Police of that country after mass.

Assistant Secretary for State Department Latin America, Brian Nicholshe also requested the release of the bishop Rolando Alvarezin prison after refusing to be expelled from the country, and all of them arbitrarily detained.

“We call for the release of Bishop Álvarez, Father Zamora and all those unjustly detained for exercising their human and constitutional rights, such as religious freedom,” Nichols said on Twitter.

The person in charge of foreign affairs for relations with Latin America also condemned the “repression of the regime” of the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortegaand his wife, the vice president Rosario Murilloagainst the Church.

Zamora was arrested on Sunday evening after attending mass in the parish San Luis Gonzaga, Managualed by Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes.

After the arrest, Nicaraguan Freedom Foundationreleased and denationalized under the chairmanship of the leader of the opposition Felix MaradiagaHe was looking for his freedom.

“From the Foundation for Nicaraguan freedom We call on the international community to address this serious situation of persecution against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua and ask for international attention,” the organization said.

The monk, with 27 years of priestly life, becomes Rev the seventh priest arrested by the national policeincluding Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for “treason”.

Relations between Ortega’s government and the Catholic Church experienced moments of great tension, marked by the expulsion and imprisonment of priests, the ban on religious activities and the suspension of diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

Papa Francisco He called the Sandinista government “an indecent dictatorship”, pointing out the “imbalance in the person who leads” the Central American country.