Nicaragua’s National Police said it arrested 52 people for high-danger crimes across the country in the week from Monday 10 to Sunday 16 June 2019.[1] The police’s own statement says the same figures were reported under the country’s security plan for the previous week.[2] General commissioner Sergio Gutiérrez, second chief of the Managua police, presented the results.[2]

The detainees were also counted as 25 people held for robbery with intimidation, one for murder, four for homicide and 11 as leaders of criminal groups.[1] Six alleged drug suppliers in the capital, Lester Merlo, Eliud Noguera, Carlos Reyes, Francisco Guevara, Jairo Guido and William Bustillo, were found with 15 pounds (about 6.8 kg) of marijuana.[2] Separately, María Auxiliadora Calero, 42, was arrested in Matagalpa with 12 pounds (about 5.4 kg) of marijuana.[2] Officers also seized 3 pounds (about 1.4 kg) of marijuana and a motorcycle from Francisco Zeledón Ortega in San José de Bocay, Jinotega.[2]

Across the arrests, police reported seizing 39 pounds (about 17.7 kg) of marijuana, 20 firearms, three motorcycles, one car and three pickups.[1] Canal 4 reported the same 52 detentions and 39 pounds of marijuana from the 17 June presentation.[3]

Among the arrests was Germán Aurelio Gutiérrez Zamora, 33, held for a murder committed in La Libertad, Chontales, on 16 June 2010.[2] Police said José Alberto Orozco Rostrán, 26, Eduardo Javier Canales, 32, and Henry Martínez Fuerte, known as El Mono, carried out a homicide in the Las Torres neighbourhood of Managua with a home-made firearm.[2] Gustavo Adolfo Jaén Delgado, 44, and Christian Adolfo Jaén Delgado, 39, were held for robbery with intimidation in Masaya, with a Makarov pistol and a car.[2]