At least six Catholic priests were arrested by police in Nicaragua between Friday and this Saturday, which brings to eleven the total number of clerics arrested since December 20, including a bishop, reported the media and Nicaraguan opponents in exile.
Among the latest detainees are the monsignors Silvio Fonsecafamily vicar of the Archdiocese of Managua; Miguel Mantica, from the San Francisco church, also in the capital; and Marcos Diazfrom the diocese of León (northwest), according to these sources.
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Priests also appear on the list Gerardo Rodríguez, Mykel Monterrey and Raúl Zamora, who provide religious services in churches in Managua, said Nicaraguan media published in Costa Rica.
These arrests are added to those of the bishop Isidoro Mora and two seminarians on December 20, followed in the last week by the Vicar General of Managua Carlos Avilés and the priests Héctor Treminio, Fernando Calero and Pablo Villafranca.
The Nicaraguan police have not yet addressed the allegations.
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Media such as La Prensa, Confidencial and 100% Noticias, which are published in Costa Rica, cited in their complaint ecclesiastical sources, lawyers Martha Molina and Yonarqui Martínez and the human rights activist Haydee Castilloall in exile.
