Martin and Bernardo Arguello were released from prison on Saturday. They were accused of “conspiracy against the country” with no evidence
HAVANA TIMES – On January 7, the Ortega dictatorship expelled and de facto banished Martin and Bernardo Arguello, husband and son respectively, of the former director of Miss Nicaragua, Karen Celebertti, who was prohibited from re-entering Nicaragua by the regime. She and her family were also accused –without any evidence presented against them– of “conspiracy against the country” and acts related to “financing terrorism.”
On January 6, father and son were released from prison and taken to their home in the Satélite Asososca neighborhood. The authorities did not provide any information about their release, although it was unofficially reported that they were given 48 hours to leave the country. The next afternoon, on January 7, the two boarded a plane to Mexico.
“Nice news: At this moment Martin and Bernardo Arguello are flying to meet with Karen Celebertti,” posted Juan Sebastian Chamorro, the opposition leader and exiled political prisoner, on X (formerly Twitter).
Martin and Bernardo were abducted from their home by police agents on November 28, 2023. From that point on, it remained unknown where they had been taken, and the Police did not make public any information about their legal situation. For the four days before that, father and son had been held incommunicado, surrounded by police in their home after Karen Celebertti and her daughter, Luciana Arguello, were banished de facto. Both were prohibited from entering Nicaragua when they attempted to return after completing their commitments with the Miss Universe pageant after t
