"Three months and eleven days after being pardoned by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Jose Francisco Salgado arrived at the home of his 81-year-old aunt, Maria Torrez Salgado, to murder her. It was Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 6 a.m., when the convict, who had benefited from the family coexistence program, strangled the victim until she lost consciousness."
"To commit the crime, he tied a rope around her neck and tightened it completely. He then fled, stealing a television and a cell phone. Salgado is one of the 53,164 common criminals released by the co-presidential regime in the last decade. In recent years, these releases have been tinged with Sandinista propaganda, which characterizes them as gestures of peace and goodwill, intended for family unity. People have the right to opportunities, said Interior Minister Maria Amelia Coronel Kinloch on November 1."
"So far in 2025, 8,400 common criminals have benefited from this family coexistence program. Among them are criminals of all kinds, from robbers to perpetrators of femicide who did not complete their sentences. The clearest case is that of Salgado, who had not even served half of his sentence for motorcycle theft when he was pardoned. The pardoning of common criminals before they have served their full sentences has been criticized,"
Three months and eleven days after being pardoned by the Ortega-Murillo regime, Jose Francisco Salgado arrived at his 81-year-old aunt Maria Torrez Salgado’s home and strangled her on January 27, 2024, at 6 a.m. Salgado had benefited from the family coexistence program and had not served half of a sentence for motorcycle theft before his pardon. He tied a rope around her neck, fled with a television and a cell phone, and is one among 53,164 common criminals released by the co-presidential regime in the last decade. So far in 2025, 8,400 criminals were released under the program. Feminist organizations and the exile think tank Fundación Sin Límites warn of increased femicides and a high probability of recidivism. Interior Minister Maria Amelia Coronel Kinloch defended releases as giving people opportunities and participated in publicized pardoning events.
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