Adela Tercero
Additional Name(s): Adela Elizabeth Espinoza Tercero
Gender: Female
Current Location: La Esperanza prison, Tipitapa, Nicaragua
Perpetrator: Nicaragua
Religion or Belief: Christian – Catholic
Date of Detainment: August/19/2023
Date of Release: September/5/2024
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Association
Nature of Charges: Drug Trafficking & Illicit Drug Use Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials Treason & Sedition
Adela Tercero
Extra Bio Info:
Adela Tercero was detained in relation to a crackdown on religious institutions.
On August 19, 2023, police detained Tercero, who was a student leader at the Jesuit Central American University (UCA) in Managua. Tercero's detention occurred amidst a crackdown on Catholic institutions in Nicaragua, including the government arbitrarily cancelling UCA's legal status and confiscating its property.
In October 2023, it was reported that Tercero had been charged with spreading false news and undermining national integrity and had been denied access to a lawyer in the first two legal proceedings of her trial. It was subsequently reported that Tercero had also been charged with possession of marijuana.
In November 2023, Tercero was found guilty of drug trafficking and not guilty of spreading false news and undermining national integrity.
On September 5, 2024, the Nicaraguan government exiled Tercero to Guatemala.
Related case: Gabriela Morales
Sources:
- "Justicia orteguista manda a juicio a jóvenes Adela Espinoza y Gabriela Morales" Nicaragua Investiga (NI)