politics
diciembre 28, 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
- Nicaragua's National Assembly commemorated the 1974 armed assault on José María Castillo Quant's residence.
- The assault resulted in the release of Daniel Ortega and other Sandinista prisoners.
- This event is considered a historic moment for the Sandinista movement and Ortega's political rise.
- Ortega was arrested in 1967 for bank robberies and had been imprisoned for over seven years.
- The operation aimed to secure the release of influential prisoners, including Ortega.
- Following his release, Ortega traveled to Havana, Cuba, and later settled in Costa Rica.
- Notable participants in the assault included Hugo Torres, Moisés Omar Halleslevens, Joaquín Cuadra, and Javier Carrión.
- Ortega returned to Nicaragua to celebrate the fall of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979.