The Nicaraguan police accused the owner of the Miss Universe franchise in the country, her husband and son, of “treason”, “conspiracy” and other crimes, two weeks after the Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios won the pageant and will unleash massive celebrations in the streets.
According to a statement released last night by the Police, “in 2018, Messrs. Karen Celebertti, (her husband) Martín Argüello Leiva and (her son) Bernardo Martín Argüello Celebertti, owners of the Miss Nicaragua franchise (…), participated “actively in networks and streets, in the terrorist actions of the failed coup attempt, orchestrated by international agencies and foreign missions.”
The note maintains that they were preparing “to use their franchises, platforms and spaces (…) to turn the contests into political traps and ambushes, financed by foreign agents.”
“According to the aforementioned characters, this December they would take to the streets again in a repris (repetition) of the worst in the history of villainy, which conjures and conspires castles of cards carried by airs of evil,” the Police said.
“All of the above is recorded in the telephone and technological memories found in the possession of the aforementioned characters,” the force added in a statement that was collected by the AFP news agency.
Nicaraguan media stated that Argüello was detained and held incommunicado, as was his son, which has not been confirmed by the government.
“Detained and fugitive persons must serve sentences, as specified by Nicaraguan laws,” the police said without giving details.
Last Saturday, the Miss Universe organization asked the Government of Nicaragua to “guarantee” the safety of those affiliated with the local contest of the pageant, whose director was prohibited from returning to the country after Sheynnis Palacios, 23, won the crown on November 18 in San Salvador.
Celebertti, Miss Nicaragua finalist in 1991 and representative of the Miss Universe franchise in the country since 2001, was detained last Thursday at the Augusto C. Sandino international airport in Managua, when she returned to the country with her daughter from Mexico, the country to which she was returned.
After the final of the contest, Celebertti had accompanied Palacios on a promotional tour that included Miami and Mexico. From there, the brand new Miss Universe went to New York, while Celebertti returned to Nicaragua.
Palacios’ victory motivated massive celebrations by Nicaraguans in the streets, which had not been seen since demonstrations were banned in 2018.
The anti-government protests that year, after clashes between opponents and pro-government supporters, left more than 300 dead, according to the UN.
Both the government and the opposition in exile praised Palacios’ victory.
But Vice President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, accused the opposition a few days later of “rude exploitation” and “crude and evil terrorist communication, which seeks to turn a beautiful and well-deserved moment of pride and celebration into a destructive coup.” .
Source: Ambito
