Nicaraguan police move bishop and others to Managua in predawn raid

Nicaraguan police move bishop and others to Managua in predawn raid Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa. Photo: CNS/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters.

David Agren Nicaraguan police burst into Matagalpa diocesan headquarters and removed an outspoken bishop who had been under house arrest for more than two weeks. Police raided the curia in the predawn hours of August 19 and took Bishop Rolando Álvarez, according to a social media statement from the Diocese of Matagalpa. The bishop’s arrest…

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