Nicaraguan police raid home of opposition presidential hopeful
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Police raid home of Cristiana Chamorro, journalist and would-be presidential candidate, on charges of money laundering.
Nicaraguan police have raided the home of opposition leader and potential presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro, escalating a political battle ahead of elections later this year. Her brother, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, director of the independent news outlet Confidencial, confirmed Wednesday’s raid on Twitter and said his sister had been ordered detained. Social media and local television broadcast live images of police entering and surrounding Chamorro’s home in Managua, the capital. Officers could be seen using force to eject journalists who had arrived to cover the scene.
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