In the first three weeks of November, the National Police—controlled by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship—has arrested 1,160 citizens for driving without a license. These arrests can last between 24 and 72 hours, depending on whether you are a repeat offender.
Commissioner General Jaime Vanegas, Police Inspector, during the presentation of the results of the Road Emergency Plan, said that “we hold the detainees for 48 hours and then hand them over to their families.”
In the weekly press conference he offers before official media, Vanegas alluded to the suspensions of driving licenses that have totaled so far this year.
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He specified that this institution has suspended a total of 37,281 driver’s licenses, mostly from drivers who were identified as driving while intoxicated.
Between January 1 and November 17 of this year, a total of 5,402 drivers were identified as having excessive alcohol levels.
More than 800 deaths in traffic accidents
The National Traffic Directorate of the Police also detailed that in 2024 a total of 817 people died in traffic accidents; 33 of these deaths occurred between November 12 and 17.
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Also added to the list of people affected by collisions are 2,431 people who were injured on the roads between January 1 and November 17 of this year.
The Police continued to hide the number of traffic accidents that have been recorded in the country so far this year. However, he celebrated that the actions they carry out to control traffic so far have achieved a reduction in deaths on the roads, since last year, between January 1 and November 17, 2023, they documented 855 deaths, 38 more than what is recorded in the same period of this 2024.
