Overview

• Retired Nicaraguan major Roberto Samcam, a prominent critic of President Daniel Ortega, was shot dead in June at his residential complex in San José.
• Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency said raids in northern San José and in the city of Cañas led to four arrests tied to the slaying.
• Those detained include an alleged 20-year-old gunman, an intermediary believed to have organized the group, a driver, and the intermediary’s girlfriend.
• Authorities are still seeking a fifth suspect as they assess evidence that the attack was carried out by inexperienced individuals reportedly recruited from poor communities.
• Officials have not identified a mastermind; rights groups have publicly accused Nicaragua’s leadership, and a UN expert body has urged stronger protections for exiled dissidents.