The Latest Breaking News from Nicaragua

Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer.

Flight contained 303 Indians en route to Central American country whose light visa requirements have attracted US-bound travelers

The Punjab Police set up a Special Investigation Team to probe a suspected human trafficking case related to Indian passengers on an aircraft run by Romania’s Legend Airlines, originally destined for Nicaragua, but detained in France.

The Punjab Police constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate offences of human trafficking involved in the Nicaragua Human Trafficking case, a press release from the Punjab Information and Public Relations Department said. Read further on Dynamite News:

Nicaragua has become a hot spot for migrants from around the world seeking to avoid a brutal trek through the Darien Gap jungle -- including the 303 Indians whose plane was grounded last week in France on their way to the Central American nation.

The bank shared that in the last 11 months, it has recorded $4.24 billion in remittances, which is 47% more compared to the previous year.

Twenty-five of the mostly Indian passengers, bound for Nicaragua, have now claimed asylum in France

A makeshift courtroom was set up in a French airport to investigate human trafficking concerns.

A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard Tuesday, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an exceptional holiday ordeal.

303 Indian citizens stranded in France after anonymous signal; 25 seek asylum, 2 detained, rest return to India.

Indian nationals mostly from the western Gujarat state and working in the UAE formed the majority of those onboard the flight. They were flying to Nicaragua to migrate to the U.S. or Canada, reports said.