Nicaragua, Covering Catholic Procession Enough for Journalist to Go to Jail

Bitter Winter ^ | 6/29/23 | Massimo Introvigne

[marshmallow]

Victor Ticay is in jail since April 6. On June 22, the regime confirmed he was declared guilty on June 9, but to what penalty he was sentenced is a state secret.

Victor Ticay. From Twitter.

The Catholic Church in Nicaragua is suffering a continuous persecution by the neo-Marxist regime of Daniel Ortega. Bishops and priests are arrested, universities and schools are closed, nuns are expelled from the country.

One of the last, silent way remaining for Catholics to protest is to go quietly to Mass and attend processions and other festivals, at least those that have not been forbidden yet. One popular procession honors Jesus as the Señor de La Reseña, and is held in Nandaime on Holy Wednesday, during the Easter Week.

he Señor de La Reseña procession in Nandaime. From Twitter.

This year, the success of the procession was a clear message to the regime, even if it had no political content. A popular TV journalist known for following events on his bicycle, Victor Ticay, covered the procession and documented how the devotees were harassed and threatened by the regime’s police.

After he posted his video on Facebook, Ticay was arrested on April 6. His whereabouts were kept secret, even if netizens reported he ended up in the dreaded jail “Jorge Navarro,” known as “La Modelo,” where opponents are routinely tortured.

[ConservativeMind]

Nicaragua is a terrible country. You can lie about someone, and get them jailed or banned from entering the country. No proof is necessary.

I know someone who had this happen.

What’s funny is that it happened to that fake accuser, by extortionists, as well.

This is apparently a common occurrence, in Nicaragua.

[McGavin999]

They have been trying to get rid of religion here as well. Thank God for the faithful.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

And Biden, Harris, Blinken, and the rest of the Bidet regime have said what?

I’ve heard silent crickets from this quasi-MARXIST, cowardly freak show of an administration for too long. Time for all Nicaraguan refugees in the U.S. to pay a visit to the “Coke House”, aka the “White House”.