Daniel Ortega (R) and his wife Rosario Murillo (L) rule Nicaragua as co-presidents of the Central American country

Daniel Ortega (R) and his wife Rosario Murillo (L) rule Nicaragua as co-presidents of the Central American country

 JAIRO CAJINA

While ramping up its repression at home, Nicaragua's government is also going after exiles abroad, with hundreds if not thousands of people affected, UN investigators said Tuesday.

In a fresh report to be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council next week, the experts also concluded that husband-and-wife co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, and other top officials, were "responsible for serious, systematic and widespread human rights violations".

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