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Under the command of Daniel Ortega's regime, the Nicaraguan police expelled a 93yearold woman from her residence in Managua last Tuesday 27. Identified as Rafaela Cerda, mother of former judge Rafael Solís Cerda, who then became an opponent of Ortega in 2019, she resigned from the Supreme Court (CSJ). Sources close to the family reported that upon their arrival, regime police officers demanded a “seizure order,” forcing the elderly woman to leave her home wearing only the clothes she was wearing. Power, take your medication.
Recently, police also conducted searches at the homes of a sister and nephew of the former judge, Ana Isabel Solís and Aldo Rapacciolli Solís. Both were not at home and were not arrested. According to reports, this is not the first time that Ortega police have attacked Cerda's family property. In January they seized a hotel and confiscated two other family homes.
These confiscation operations are part of the Ortega regime's repression against opponents living in exile. Police act without providing documents or court orders to support their actions, and authorities ignore that many of the seized properties belong to family members who have no political involvement in the cases.
with information from Revista Oeste