Asamblea Nacional juramenta a magistrados leales a Murillo para la Corte Suprema de Justicia Nicaragua’s National Assembly swore in five new magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice after their unanimous selection. This move is seen as a consolidation of absolute control by the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime over the country’s justice system. Three of the new magistrates have been accused by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua of committing serious human rights violations, and two are implicated in legal processes leading to the denationalization and confiscation of property from opponents of the regime.

• Nicaragua’s National Assembly swore in five new Supreme Court magistrates.
• The selection was made unanimously by the deputies after three judges resigned.
• The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is seen as consolidating absolute control over the justice system.
• Three of the new magistrates, Ana Julia Guido Ochoa, Ernesto Leonel Rodríguez Mejía, and Octavio Ernesto Rothschuh Andino, were previously accused of human rights violations.
• Rodríguez Mejía and Rothschuh Andino are linked to the denationalization and confiscation of property from regime opponents.
• Ana Julia Guido Ochoa previously served as Attorney General and is considered loyal to Rosario Murillo.
• Shura Bonilyn Welcome Crawford and José Manuel Fuertes Toledo have political backgrounds within the Sandinista party rather than extensive judicial careers.