Experts Accuse 54 Top Nicaragua Officials Of Grave Abuses

A group of UN human rights experts has said Daniel Ortega's 'volunteer' force was recruited from the ranks of ex-combatants, retired soldiers and police, judges and public employees (Credit: AFP)

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and dozens of senior officials were responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial executions, a report by UN experts said Thursday.

The report compiled by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua names 54 people it said played key roles in an escalating campaign of repression in the Central American country.