politics
December 30, 2025
Deportan a Honduras a uno de los 222 opositores nicaragüenses desterrados a EE.UU.
El 5 de abril de 2025 fue detenido por la Policía de Luisiana, por conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol y 112 días después fue deportado a Honduras.
TL;DR
- Juan Barrilla, a Nicaraguan farmer and political exile, was deported to Honduras after being arrested for DUI in the U.S.
- Barrilla was among 222 opposition figures expelled to the U.S. and stripped of their Nicaraguan nationality.
- He spent 29 months as a political prisoner in Nicaragua before his February 2023 expulsion.
- During his asylum process in the U.S., the prosecution suggested protection under the Convention Against Torture with removal to Honduras.
- Barrilla was transported to Honduras in chains, describing the experience as torture.
- He is currently under a temporary protection program with UNHCR in Honduras but feels unsafe due to proximity to Nicaragua.
- Barrilla regrets not applying for Spanish citizenship when it was offered to the exiled group.