Nicaragua jails second Catholic bishop as crackdown intensifies


(Reuters) -Nicaragua arrested another Catholic bishop on Wednesday, a source in close contact with local church leaders told Reuters following local media reports, making the bishop the second such leader to be detained in a prolonged crackdown.

Police arrested Bishop Isidro Mora of the Triangulo Minero diocese, located along the country's northern Caribbean coast, according to the source.

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