politics
December 30, 2025
Régimen en Nicaragua recuerda el asalto armado que liberó de la cárcel a Daniel Ortega hace 51 años
El régimen de Nicaragua conmemoró en la Asamblea Nacional el asalto armado de 1974 que permitió la liberación de Daniel Ortega de prisión, un hecho que hoy es reivindicado como episodio histórico por el sandinismo y que marcó el ascenso político del actual gobernante
TL;DR
- The Nicaraguan National Assembly held a plenary session to remember the 1974 armed assault on the residence of José María Castillo.
- This operation resulted in the release of Daniel Ortega and other Sandinista prisoners.
- The assault was conducted by the 'Juan José Quezada' commando of the Sandinista Front.
- Hostages were taken to secure the release of prisoners, including Ortega, who had been arrested in 1967.
- Gustavo Porras, the head of Congress, described the event as a significant historical moment in the Sandinista struggle.
- The operation aimed to capture influential figures of the Somoza regime and potentially the US ambassador.
- Among those released with Ortega was historic combatant Hugo Torres.
- Ortega, upon his release, traveled to Havana, where he was received by Fidel Castro, and later settled in Costa Rica.
- The article mentions that Ortega returned to Nicaragua to celebrate the fall of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979.