Washington is painting the transfer of over 200 convicted Nicaraguan criminals to Virginia for their release into the US as a big win for American diplomacy.
\nExactly 222 convicted Nicaraguan criminals have been flown to the US for release in what the Biden administration is heralding as a \u201cconstructive step\u201d towards improved bilateral relations.
\n\u201cThe release of these individuals\u2026 by the Government of Nicaragua\u2026 opens the door to further dialogue between the United States and Nicaragua regarding issues of concern,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a news release.
\n\u201cUpon the release of these individuals from Nicaragua, the United States facilitated their safe transport to Dulles International Airport,\u201d Blinken stated.
\nThe former inmates, who left Managua early Thursday and arrived at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, are generally referred to as \u201cpolitical prisoners\u201d by pro-US media due to their involvement in an attempted coup d\u2019etat in 2018.
\nMany played key roles in the bloody chaos which consumed the Central American country for months and left hundreds of people dead, including dozens of police officers.
\nOn Thursday, Judge Octavio Rothschuh Andino announced, \u201cthe immediate deportation of 222 persons sentenced for committing acts that undermine the independence, the sovereignty, and the self-determination of the people, for inciting violence, terrorism, and economic sabotage, but also for harming the supreme interests of the nation.\u201d
\nCiting their status as \u201ctraitors to the homeland,\u201d Nicaragua\u2019s National Assembly also voted to strip the group of their Nicaraguan citizenship.
\nNumerous publications have uncovered extensive evidence linking the ringleaders of the unrest to the US Embassy, and Washington has made securing their release from Nicaraguan jail a major priority in its discussions with Managua.
\nNow the convicts have touched down in Virginia, Blinken explained that \u201cthe United States is providing medical and legal support to ease their arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n
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