Press Release No. 015 - 2019
The National Police informs our People and the International Community:
This Good Friday morning, while in the entire country Cults, Masses, Stations of the Cross and Processions were carried out in Managua in tranquility and Spiritual recollection a group of hooded people, armed with stones, mortars and some with firearms, wanted to manipulate the Stations of the Cross at the Cathedral.
Upon returning to the Cathedral, this same group of people damaged the Rubén Darío Fountain of the Rotunda, and remained, hooded and armed, in the grounds of the Greater Church of the Capital.
The National Police secured the protection of Public Order and there is not a single person detained or injured.
The National Police fulfills its Constitutional duty to safeguard the right and tranquility, the religious tradition and recreation of the Nicaraguan families, and the free movement of people.
Managua, Friday, April 19, 2019.
Public Relations Division National Police