Defiant Ortega frees political prisoners in Nicaragua, expels them to U.S

Former Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Felix Maradiaga, one of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, is embraced by a supporter after arriving in the United States at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia near...more

Former Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Felix Maradiaga, one of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, walks arm-in-arm with his wife, Berta Valle, and daughter, Alejandra, outside a hotel after arriving in the United States at...more

A few of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua disembark from a bus after they arrived in the United States at Dulles International Airport in Virginia near Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Juan Lorenzo Holmann, one of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, speaks on a phone outside a hotel after arriving in the United States at Dulles International Airport near Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin...more

Member of the Chamorro family, some of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, disembark from a bus after arriving at Dulles International Airport near Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Juan Sebastian Chamorro, one of the more than 200 freed political prisoners from Nicaragua, speaks to reporters after arriving in the United States at Dulles International Airport near Washington, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque