Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was sentenced this Thursday, March 31, 2022, to nine years in prison for money laundering in one of the trials brought against opponents of President Daniel Ortega, this newspaper announced.
A judge in Managua “ sentenced this Thursday to nine years in prison the manager of La Prensa “, reported the newspaper on its website. The person in charge, arrested in August 2021, “ will serve his sentence until September 9, 2030 “.
“ I am strong and will remain so. It’ll be OK “Said Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro after listening to the judgment, which also orders to maintain the daily facilities” under guard from the authorities. La Prensa, founded almost a century ago, currently disseminates its information only via its website, due to lack of resources and personnel since the seizure of its bank accounts. The newspaper, which had played an important role in the fight against the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, maintained a critical position towards Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007as well as his wife and vice-president Rosario Murillo.
The Nicaraguan authorities seem to pursue with their vengeance the Chamorro family, influential in Nicaragua, especially in the press. Several of its members have been worried since June 2021 and the arrest of seven opposition candidates and 39 other opponents. Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro is a cousin of the opponent Cristiana Chamorro herself imprisoned.
(with AFP)