denounces Ortega’s ex-legal operator Rafael Solis
Rafael Solis details that he and his family have had seven properties confiscated: “they went after me with a lot of hate and malice”.
HAVANA TIMES – Former Supreme Court magistrate Rafael Solís Cerda, exiled in Costa Rica since January 2019, reported that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have confiscated seven properties in Managua and in the resort town of San Juan del Sur, Rivas, belonging to him and three family members. “They went after me with a lot of hate, with a lot of malice, with a strong offensive,” he told CONFIDENCIAL.
Besides him, his 93-year-old mother Rafaela Cerda, his sister Ana Isabel Solís, and his nephew Aldo Rapacciolli Solís have all had properties confiscated. All the properties —homes and businesses— have been taken over by National Police agents.
“They had only made the confiscations in the Property Registry, but like many properties they hadn’t taken possession; now they have,” he pointed out.
Solis “did not expect” the dictatorship to go after his relatives. “I thought they would limit it to me. In Costa Rica, I have lived a life with a rather low political profile; I haven’t deeply involved myself in any (opposition) organizations,” commented the former top political operator for Ortega in the Judiciary.
“I have tried to maintain a profile that is not of hate, revenge, or confrontation; however, I was surprised that they went against my relatives,” he continued.
Solís defected from the regime’s ranks in January 2019, creating a political earthquake in the leadership of the Sandinista Front due to his closeness with Ortega, whose re-election he promoted in 2011 in a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber, which he was part of as a member of the FSLN on the Supreme Court. Upon deserting, he was declared a tra
