Procuraduría de Murillo sentencia a Bayardo Arce por "lavado de activos"
Según información de medios orteguistas, Arce y su asistente Ricardo Bonilla han sido condenados por lavado de activos y defraudación
TL;DR
- Bayardo Arce Castaño, a prominent Sandinista commander, has been sentenced for illicit capital accumulation and fraud.
- The Justice Prosecutor's Office ordered the cancellation of 35 active societies and the confiscation of assets amounting to over $2.7 billion.
- Arce's conviction is seen as the latest event in a political purge orchestrated by Rosario Murillo to consolidate power.
- The sentence follows Arce's arrest in July 2025 and is framed within Murillo's dynastic succession strategy.
- Arce had previously suggested Nicaragua should not have political prisoners and that the killing of Eddy Montes should not have happened, potentially sealing his fate.