The Nicaraguan government said on Sunday it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 clergy members from jail and handed them over to Vatican authorities. The government said in a press statement the release was part of negotiations with the Vatican. In the past, imprisoned priests have been quickly flown to Rome. The government of President Daniel Ortega said those released on Sunday also included Bishop Isidoro Mora. Ortega’s government sent 222 prisoners to the US in February in a deal brokered by the US government and later stripped those prisoners of their citizenship.
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