ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 10, 2023 / 17:30 pm
Last weekend the Ortega regime in Nicaragua arrested two more Catholic priests, making a total of six priests arrested in just eight days since the beginning of the month.
The first priest arrested was Father Yesner Cipriano Pineda Meneses, 37, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Nueva Segovia Department (administrative district) in the Diocese of Estelí. The newspaper El Confidencial reported that he was arrested Oct. 7 by Sandinista police.
In addition to Pineda, Father Ramón Esteban Angulo Reyes, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish in the town of El Rama in the Diocese of Bluefields, was arrested the next day.
According to the Nicaraguan media 100% Noticias, police officers showed up at the parish on Oct. 8 on false pretenses to supposedly take Angulo to a meeting. However, the priest never returned and his whereabouts are unknown.