did you know this about nicaragua?

Question

On March 29, an American couple in Grenada were robbed at gunpoint in their rental home. A few days prior to the incident the couple had notified the management of a missing light fixture in the unit. At approximately 11:30 a.m. on the day of the burglary, a Nicaraguan male in his late 20s (suspect) appeared at the front gate of the property stating that he was there to replace the light. The victim escorted the individual inside, where they inspected the fixture. The victim then began to escort the suspect outside to retrieve his tools. As they neared the front door, the suspect stopped and displayed what the victim described as a .25 caliber or similar type automatic pistol and demanded money. The suspect took the victim’s wallet, extracted all of the currency and then, at the request of the victim, returned the wallet containing the victim’s identification. The suspect then departed the area on foot.

On April 4, 17 members of a U.S. missionary group were robbed at gunpoint while eating dinner at their hotel in Managua. The group was housed at a locally-owned hotel located in a transitional area not typically frequented by tourists. Four Nicaraguan males, including two armed with handguns, entered the dining area and took the group’s cell phones and cash. Two of the suspects then escorted members of the group to their hotel rooms where they took digital cameras, additional cash and iPods. The robbery lasted for approximately one hour, during which a hotel employee was able to flee and call the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP). They did not arrive, however, until after the suspects had departed. None of the victims were physically injured.

Shortly after sunrise on April 5, a local resident was walking alone in Estancia de Santo Domingo, an affluent residential neighborhood in Managua where many expatriates reside, when he was surprised from behind by two subjects. One of the assailants held a gun to the victim’s head and the other told him not to turn around while they took his money and belongings. Before releasing the victim, the assailants told him to walk forward and not to turn around or they would shoot him. He complied and walked as instructed for five minutes until he encountered an embassy security patrol vehicle in the area. The incident took place during the Semana Santa holiday, when many residents travel away from Managua on vacation. The NNP detail a large number of personnel to the vacation areas at this time, reducing the police presence in the city.

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=66949

Answer 1

I have no doubt that these are true stories but you have forgotten about the rape and murder of Lemon Groves in Granada, the murder of another US citizen in Estelli (both this year), numerous muggings and assaults in both Granada and San Juan Del Sur and the regular break and enters against tourists across Nicaragua.

Answer 2

crime or no crime El Salvador and Guatemala are still better in everyway than Nicaragua. You may not hear so much of it in Nicaragua because all those peasants move to El Salvador and Costa Rica for jobs and those two countries that they reside in are the victims of crimes done by those peasants that shouldnt be there in the first place. Nicaragua is the poorest thing so i am not surprised with those reports you have to go there to know that there is such a crime wave in that country. Nicaragua has the biggest poverty and prostitution problem in all central america.


At present, 53% of the Nicaraguan population consists of children below the age of 18. Of those 2.7 million children, approximately 676,000 of them live far below the poverty line. More than 60% of school age children cannot attend school because they are working to survive, the majority in prostitution and crime. 40-50% of prostitutes in Nicaragua are between the ages of 10 and 18 years old. 52% of crimes committed statistically in Nicaragua are by children below the age of 18.

Answer 3

Crime in central America ? shocking I say just shocking!