March 26, 2024 / 12:18 PM
Lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina denounced that the Nicaraguan dictatorship, led since 2007 by Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo, has already begun repression against the Catholic Church in the country in this Holy Week 2024, with various events that occurred. between Palm Sunday and Holy Monday.
“Holy Week 2024 began with prohibitions, sieges and intimidation by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife, who use agents of the National Police to commit illegalities against the Catholic Church of Nicaragua,” Molina explained to ACI. Press on March 25.
“The police are an institution that is illegally subjected to the whims and arbitrariness of the presidential couple. Yesterday, Palm Sunday, more than 4 thousand police officers were used to monitor, take photos and videos of lay people and priests to intimidate those who attended the parishes and prevent the processions with Jesus of Triumph from taking to the streets,” he denounced. .