politics
December 30, 2025
Régimen sandinista conmemora el asalto armado que liberó de la cárcel a Daniel Ortega
El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Gustavo Porras, calificó el hecho como un momento histórico que quedó en la lucha del pueblo de Nicaragua.
TL;DR
- The National Assembly of Nicaragua, controlled by Sandinistas, commemorated an armed assault.
- The assault freed Daniel Ortega from prison.
- The event involved taking hostages at the home of José María Castillo in 1974.
- The objective was to release political prisoners, including Daniel Ortega.
- Ortega was released along with other political prisoners and traveled to Havana, Cuba.
- Ortega later lived in Costa Rica where he met Rosario Murillo.
- Ortega and Murillo returned to Nicaragua after the fall of Anastasio Somoza.
- One of the leaders of the operation, Hugo Torres, later died as a political prisoner under Ortega's regime.