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$1 million stolen in assault on COMTECH trucks

(posted March 5, 2:00 p.m.)- The American Chamber of Commerce is expressing alarm over a recent wave of crime in recent days, including a brazen armed assault on two trucks carrying $1 million in computer equipment belonging to the company...
March 5, 2012 · 1 Comment


Drunk driver kills 5 in Esteli

(posted March 5, 7:05 a.m.)- A horrific string of drunken driving accidents early Sunday morning in the northern city of Estelí claimed the lives of five people and injured six others, including one person who is hospitalized in critical condition....
March 5, 2012 · No Comments


Protected: Prison riot ends in Esteli

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February 25, 2012 · No Comments


‘Drunk & stupid’ defense reduces killers’ sentence

(posted Feb. 17, 5:30 p.m.)- Human rights activists and opposition politicians are reacting with disgust and outrage today to a court ruling that will put two Sandinista activists behind bars for only 3 years for killing a family of three...
February 17, 2012 · 4 Comments


2 cops killed in string of attacks in mining triangle

(posted Dec. 10, 7:44 p.m.) - A series of armed attacks against police in Nicaragua’s “mining triangle” have left two officers dead and two injured in the past 24 hours, according to the National Police.  On Friday morning, a group...
December 10, 2011 · 1 Comment


A new victim every 20 minutes

(posted Dec.9, 12:30 p.m.)- Every 20 minutes a Nicaraguan woman or girl falls victim to domestic violence or sexual abuse, according to Philippe Barrange-Bigot, Nicaragua’s country representative for UNICEF. As part of UNICEF’s campaign “Let’s unite for a life without...
December 9, 2011 · No Comments


“Chocolatito” accused by wife

(posted Nov. 25, 9:05 a.m.) - Nicaraguan boxing champ Román “Chocolatito” González is being accused by his wife of physical aggression and mistreatment, according to the daily La Prensa. Raquel Doña, wife of the WBA flyweight and minimumweight world champ,...
November 25, 2011 · No Comments


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