Nicaragua has released a bishop jailed for 26 years after he stood up to the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was sent into exile at the Vatican along with Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega of Siuna and 15 priests and two seminarians.
The ejection of Bishop Álvarez comes almost a year after he was jailed in February 2023 with a life sentence of 26 years for refusing to board a plane with 222 other political prisoners by the hard-Left regime.
All 19 flew into Rome on the afternoon of 14 January, with the exception of one who remained in Venezuela. They are now guests of the Holy See.
