(posted Sept. 24, 2:50 p.m.)- Authorities in the southern Caribbean town of Bluefields remain tightlipped after a local waiter was reportedly stabbed in the chest Friday night by a state prosecutor who was allegedly trying to skip out on his...

(posted Sept. 23, 12:00 p.m.)- Jealousy and machismo led to the murder of a young Nicaraguan university student who was shot dead on the dance floor of Managua disco “Broder” for dancing with someone else’s girlfriend early Saturday morning, according...

(posted Sept. 14, 12:30 p.m.)- A photograph published in The Nicaragua Dispatch Aug. 28 has apparently led to new revelations in case of the 18 phony Mexican journalists busted in Nicaragua last month with $9.2 million in alleged drug money...

(posted Aug. 28, 11 a.m.)- The boss of the Mexican smuggling ring that posed as TV journalists had crossed the Nicaraguan-Costa Rican border on 34 occasions in four years—including three times in 2012—before getting caught last week, according to Costa Rican...

(posted Aug. 24, 6:45 p.m.)- The 18 men who were detained Aug. 21 entering Nicaragua under the guise of Mexican journalists are now under investigation for international money laundering and organized crime after Nicaraguan police discovered some $7 million hidden...

(posted Aug. 24, 9:15 a.m.)- Nicaraguan and Mexican authorities are collaborating to identify the 18 alleged Mexican nationals who were arrested Aug. 21 trying to enter Nicaragua posing as TV journalists for Televisa, a Mexican media network. The 18 suspects...

(posted Aug. 22, 7 p.m.)- Nicaraguan prosecutors today began criminal proceedings against Nicaraguan strip club owner Henry Fariñas and 23 co-defendants who allegedly belong to a criminal gang that trafficked drugs and laundered money throughout Central America. State prosecutors today...

(posted Aug. 20, 10:00 p.m.)- A U.S. man who reportedly confessed to the murder and dismemberment of a Nicaraguan man in the northern mountain community of Jinotega lost his legal defense team today after his lawyer and translated quit their...

(posted August 4, 10:12 a.m.)- U.S. citizen Basil Givner, 57, is being held by National Police in Jinotega after confessing to the gruesome murder and dismemberment of Nicaraguan Harley José Silva, 34, according to Police Commissioner Fernando Borge. Commissioner Borge...

(posted June 27, 8:30 a.m.)- At least 19 alleged narco-traffickers were arrested, 11 homes raided, 14 vehicles confiscated, and a quarter of a million dollars seized by police in a coordinated crackdown in Bluefields, San Carlos, Rio San Juan and...