The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega this week declared the Jesuit religious order to be illegal and ordered the confiscation of all of its property, in its latest crackdown against Catholic-led institutions.
The confiscation order said that the Roman Catholic order, also known as the Society of Jesus, failed to comply with tax reporting.
The move comes less than a week after the regime seized Jesuit-run Central American University (UCA) in Managua, one of the country’s top universities. The order received by the university stated that the government of Nicaragua would guarantee all educational programs going forward.