Police in Nicaragua arrest, jail another Catholic priest


(Reuters) - Nicaraguan police detained another Catholic priest critical of the government, two sources close to the Church told Reuters on Monday, making him the latest cleric to be targeted in a deepening crackdown on clergy in the country.

Fernando Zamara, a priest who also serves in an administrative role in the northern diocese of Siuna, was arrested on Sunday in the capital Managua after assisting at a mass presided by the country's senior Catholic leader, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, according to the sources.

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