A 22-year-old U.S. missionary who drowned last week off Nicaragua’s Pacific coast is being laid to rest on Saturday in his hometown in Kentucky. Nathan Fouts, who arrived to Nicaragua on May 6 as part of a Pentecostal mission trip...

U.S. conman Lawrence Scott Hartman Grosser, sought by Interpol since 2009, was handed over to U.S. law enforcement officials this morning at Nicaragua’s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport and deported to the United States to face charges of money-laundering and...

After 45 years of toiling as an entrepreneur to develop a successful chain of family-owned hardware stores in Estelí, Roberto Moncada, 69, watched in horror as all he has worked for his entire life seemed to come crashing down around...

In an unexpected Sunday raid on 35 businesses in the northern department of Estelí, Nicaraguan anti-narcotics officers arrested 12 individuals thought to be involved in drug trafficking, including the president of Estelí’s Chamber of Commerce, according to local media reports....

The following is a December security reminder from the U.S. Embassy: (posted Dec. 7, 10:40 a.m.)- Nicaragua routinely experiences an increase in crime during the month of December, with the theft of jewelry, money, credit cards, vehicles and other valuables...

(posted Nov. 15, 11:40 a.m.)- In the first 10 months of 2012, National Police have registered 21,901 traffic accidents, 552 highway deaths—40 more than last year—and 3,962 injuries, according to a report published in La Prensa. While the numbers would...

(posted Nov. 13, 7:30 a.m.)- A regional public-opinion poll released last week would seem to support Nicaragua’s claim to be the “safest country in Central America.” A CID-Gallup survey asking people if they have been robbed or assaulted in the...

(posted Nov. 8, 8:40 a.m.)- Sandinista congressman César Castellanos, who represents the ruling party from the northern department of Nueva Segovia, claims an attempt was made against his life late Sunday evening when a small group shot at his vehicle...

Amid a growing grumble of citizen outrage over recent incidents of police brutality, National Police Chief Aminta Granera is asking Nicaraguans to not judge the entire force by the abuses committed by a few bad cops. “These are not the...

LEÓN—Wilman Wilfredo Sevilla, 19, is in police custody and has confessed to the murder of 43-year-old Lenin Moisés Bermúdez after a comprehensive and speedy police investigation traced the sale of a stolen iPhone through the black markets of León and...