Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano detained by ICE in Florida
Galeano, who has had asylum application pending for about seven years, was pulled over by agents while driving for Lyft
TL;DR
- Veteran Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano, stripped of citizenship by his home country, has been detained by ICE in Florida.
- Galeano has had an asylum application pending for approximately seven years and holds a work permit and social security number.
- He was detained shortly after starting his second job as a Lyft driver.
- His wife and friends express concern that deportation to Nicaragua would be a death sentence, given the government's history of persecution.
- The detention highlights perceived contradictions in U.S. policy, as the U.S. government publicly condemns the Nicaraguan regime while detaining a journalist targeted by it.
- Galeano had previously fled Nicaragua in 2018 after his previous employer, 100% Noticias, was raided and an arrest order was issued for him.
- Human rights organizations and press associations have called for Galeano's release.