Siege on Students in Nicaraguan Church Ends

At least one person is dead and several others wounded in the wake of a siege on a Nicaraguan church where about 150 students, priests and journalists had taken shelter from an attack by paramilitary forces. Church officials negotiated a release of the captives, who spent Friday night trapped under gunfire in Managua's Divine Mercy Catholic Church.  The students were then taken out of the church and transported to Managua Cathedral. Supporters lining the streets...

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