PRESS RELEASE No. 08 - 2019
The National Police informs the people of Nicaragua the following:
This afternoon, despite the formal warnings of the National Police regarding an unauthorized activity that interrupted the weekend commercial activities of citizens and Public Order, groups of People, violating Public Order, came out.
The National Police complied with its Constitutional Role of safeguarding the Security and Rights of citizens, and was force to detained 107 persons, who were transferred to the Directorate of Judicial Assistance.
In view of the arrangements made by the Apostolic Nuncio, Representative of His Holiness Pope Francis in Nicaragua, the National Police is releasing these Persons, in presence of the Nuncio, Monsignor Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, Dr. Corina Centeno, Human Rights Prosecutor of Nicaragua, and Members of the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission of Nicaragua.
The National Police will continue to fulfill its Constitutional function of guaranteeing Life, Property and the Right of Citizens to Peace and Well-being.
Managua, Saturday, March 16, 2019.
