Police Nicaragua confiscated this Saturday the residence in which the priests responsible for Central American Jesuit University (UCA)closed this week by the Nicaraguan justice system, which is under the control of the Sandinista rulers.
Residence Villa Carmen, located in Managua, where Jesuit priests live, It was occupied by “regime police and officials of the judiciary.” this Saturday afternoon, as indicated by the “Confidential”, the director is the denationalized Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro.
“All priests were expelledbecause of which they were forced to move to the San Ignacio community of the Central American School in Managua, ”the publication reports, citing sources close to the Nicaraguan Catholic Church.
The Jesuit priests have shown police agents and officials of the judiciary deeds to the property, in which they declare that it does not belong to UCA.”but they ignored them and ordered them to leave the house like thisLike all your stuff.
Raid on the residence of the priests takes place as part of the closure of the Jesuit UCAone of the most prestigious private training centers in Nicaragua.
The Government of Nicaragua published last Friday in the Official Gazette La Gaceta the agreement of the Ministry of the Interior approving the repeal of the status of legal entity of the UCA, issued on August 13, 1960, and order the confiscation of your property.
A Nicaraguan judge ordered this week to hand over movable and immovable property, as well as UCA bank accountsto the State of Nicaragua, after being accused by the State Ministry (Prosecution Office) of being “a center of terrorism organizing criminal groups”.
UCA confirmed the official letter and denied the government’s “baseless allegations”.
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Because of this position, the Jesuit University, whose rector was the priest Rolando Enrique Alvarado López, decided to suspend his academic and administrative activities.
Last week the authorities froze bank accounts and they immobilized the properties of UCA, while on Monday a body attached to the Supreme Court withdrew the accreditation of the university’s Mediation Center, a move that came in the midst of friction between Ortega’s government and the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. (EFE)