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Security & Strategic Review - August 2025
NICARAGUA: Killing of dissident exile causes commotion
The murder in Costa Rica on 19 June of retired major Roberto Samcam, an opponent of Nicaragua’s authoritarian President Daniel Ortega, has sent shockwaves through the exile community. With opposition groups explicitly pinning the blame on Ortega, whose government has been carrying out a brutal crackdown on dissent since April 2018, the killing has fuelled concerns both domestically and abroad, including from the likes of the United Nations (UN)-appointed panel of human rights experts on Nicaragua (GHREN), regarding the threat to the safety of Nicaraguans living in exile.
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