Nicaragua's communist regime has “secretly” received US deportation of Nicaraguan citizens since President Donald Trump took office in January. Confidence It has been reported on friday.
Confidencea Nicaraguan newspaper active in exile after communist dictator Daniel Ortega seized its headquarters in December 2018, said five US deportation flights carrying an unspecified number of Nicaraguans have so far arrived at Managua's international airports since President Trump took office on January 20th.
The newspaper noted that the Ortega administration stopped publishing press releases in numbers when Decorty arrived in mid-2019. As a result, the newspaper explained that it had obtained information through an online platform that records flights in real time, including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aviation operations.
According to the information reviewed Confidence All flights obtained from real-time flight tracking data platforms such as FlightAware and Avionio use the identifier “G66194 to Global X.” The latest flight departs from Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana on Thursday, March 20th. It's arrived At noon in Managua.
“Four of the five flights departed from Alexandria International Airport in Louisiana, and one departed from Houston, Texas. All were run by Global X Airlines (Global Crossing).
In the detailed breakdown of flights, Confidence The first flight departed from Alexandria, Louisiana on Thursday, January 23rd. The second flight departed from Louisiana on February 6th, the third departed from Houston, Texas on February 20th, the fourth departed from Louisiana on March 6th, and the fifth left on March 20th.
All flights were conducted using the Airbus A320. maximum Capacity of 180 passengers. Confidence Administration officials pointed out that along with their identity, the number of outcasts who have arrived in Nicaragua in the past two months has been kept secret.
“However, January 27th, 2025 was the last one. [Nicaraguan Interior Ministry] Mint showed they attended “citizens who have been repatriated from Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States.” The report has been detailed.
Confidence The plane said it would not appear in the logs of Nicaragua's National and International Airport Management Company (EAAI), but the arrival was still confirmed by the newspaper when air traffic tracking platforms and Nicaragua's aviation enthusiasts reviewed photos and videos they had published on social media accounts.
Arrival of flights at the airport, Confidence Details will be handled by both the Airport Protection and Security Agency (DIPSA) and the Army, along with immigration officers, through Airport Protection and Security Detachment (DEPSA). The plane is sent to a “remote ramp” used for private flights and “is not in contact with passengers leaving and arriving at the terminal.”
The Nicaraguan newspaper noted that dictator Daniel Ortega is one of the “few” regional chiefs who have not publicly complained about President Donald Trump's deportation policy, and was simply calling for “respect for immigrants' human rights” during the early February gathering of the Alba TCP Regional Excursion Agreement.
“They treat them as criminals, they are sentenced to sentences that they say that they have committed a crime, without evidence or without trial, that these citizens have committed a crime.
In recent years, Ortega has implemented a series of policies to “weaponize” immigrants against the United States, allowing hundreds of US migrants to pass through Nicaragua and towards the US tropical border. Experts Condemnation Ortega's “weaponization” of immigrants aimed to put pressure on the United States to engage in consultations to ease or completely lift sanctions on his communist regime.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a January confirmation hearing in Parliament I warned Nicaragua “directly contributed” to the immigration crisis at the southern US border, explaining that Nicaragua “explained that it was a gateway for people all over the world because it was entered without a visa.”
