Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of Ortega, sends them to US


              Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga is reunited with his wife Berta Valle and daughter Alejandra, in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Maradiaga was among some 222 prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who arrived from Nicaragua to the Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, after an apparently negotiated release. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
            
              Nicaraguan Juan Sebastián Chamorro talks to reporters in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, after flying in to the Washington Dulles International Airport. Chamorro was among some 222 prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who arrived in Washington on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
            
              Nicaraguans Pedro Vazquez, left, and Juan Sebastián Chamorro, celebrate as they arrive to a hotel in Chantilly, Va., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, after flying in to the Washington Dulles International Airport. Vazquez and Chamorro were among some 222 prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who arrived in Washington on Thursday.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
            
              FILE - Cristiana Chamorro, right, accompanies her mother, former president of Nicaragua Violeta Chamorro, at the international airport, in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 28, 2005. Some 222 prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Washington on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. According to U.S. officials, among those aboard the flight was Cristiana Chamorro, who had been a leading presidential contender before her arrest in 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Leon, File)
Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of Ortega, sends them to US