The National Police confirmed the purge against the Commissioner General Marcos Alberto Acuña Aviléswho has been part of Daniel Ortega’s security force since the 1990s and has been promoted to head of the Nicaraguan dictator’s presidential escort since 2007.
In press release No. 010-2024, published on August 7, the armed institution states that the high police command “blatantly disobeyed superior ordersputting public safety at risk.” It does not explain what his rebellion consisted of, but what was known was that Acuña had an argument with Rosario Murillo who expressly decided to purge him on July 24, revealed the digital media Confidential.
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The statement signed by the Public Relations Division of the National Police details that due to this “disobedience” and “consequently and in accordance with the provisions of Law 872 of the National Police Law and its reforms, he was imposed dishonorable discharge and will be tried for the crime of failure to fulfill duties, disobedience and insubordination.”
In “El Carmen” it is said that there was a tense relationship between Acuña and Murillo. The reason for the argument they had is not public knowledge, what is known is that after the clash Acuña’s blood pressure went up and he was transferred to the Carlos Roberto Huembes Hospital, which treats members of the armed institution, subordinate to Ortega.
The wave of kidnappings against priests, most of them from the Diocese of Matagalpa and one from Juigalpa, has revealed the hatred of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship against Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, who is bishop of that ecclesiastical district and has been critical of the Sandinista government, which intensified repression and censorship after the 2018 protests, says journalist Emiliano Chamorro on his X account (formerly Twitter).
In recent days, the Sandinista Police have captured another 12 priests. According to information provided by Chamorro, the Diocese of Matagalpa was made up of 85 clerics, including diocesan and religious. Currently, only 23 remain in that department.
From April 2018 to March 2024, the government had arrested 73 members of the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations, accelerating the kidnappings on August 1 and 2.
According to journalist Israel González, who has a religious background, the parishes that have been left without priests will have to be cared for by the few priests that remain and assisted by religious nuns who, although they cannot offer the Eucharist, do accompany the parishioners in prayers and spiritual guidance and, ultimately, it will be the members of the Church themselves who will take charge of the parish, in order to keep the faith active.
Related news: Price of a pound of potatoes and carrots increased by more than 100% in Managua markets
The price of potatoes and carrots has increased sharply in recent weeks. The Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce (Mific) revealed that in the last week of July these products had increases of 101% and 150.44%, respectively, compared to the same period of the previous year.
The weekly bulletin of the Mific reports that the price of a pound of carrots in the fifth week of July was 52.87 córdobas, while that of potatoes reached 55.47 córdobas.
Last June, the price of a pound of potatoes was 36.22 and that of carrots was 32.82 cordobas, that is, 19.25 and 20 less than the current price, according to data from Mific.
In the markets of Managua, he found Article 66, The price of a pound of potatoes and carrots is between 60 and 65 cordobas.
In the few areas where these perishable products can be found, they are seen in small quantities, in small sizes, and the little that there is is wrinkled and has dark spots.
