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Nicaragua's Ortega Banishes Leading Catholic Bishop

(ARCHIVO) La gente celebra detrás de una barricada tras la llegada de obispos de la Conferencia Episcopal y miembros de la Alianza Cívica en Masaya, Nicaragua, el 21 de junio de 2018 (Credit: AFP)

President Daniel Ortega's government has expelled the head of Nicaragua's bishops' conference to Guatemala, the latter's government and church sources said Thursday.

Bishop Carlos Herrera is the third bishop to be expelled since January by the government of Ortega, once a guerrilla hero and now accused of being a leftist autocrat leading a harsh crackdown on political and other dissent.

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