Security camera footage shows law enforcement walking inside the TV station Friday night.
CNN: Police storm TV station in Nicaragua and arrest owner for instigating hate
(CNN)Nicaraguan police shut down operations at a major TV network and arrested the owner, accusing him of instigating hate and violence in the country, officials said.
Law enforcement raided the headquarters of 100% Noticias in Nicaragua's capital of Managua late Friday night and took several people in custody, including the broadcaster's owner and director, Miguel Mora, and news director Lucia Pineda, colleagues said.
Mora appeared in court Saturday morning where he was formally accused of "fostering and instigating hate and violence" in the country, according to an attorney with the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights representing Mora.
Pineda's whereabouts remain unknown, her colleagues told CNN.
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Update #1: Nicaragua’s Ortega pushes ahead with crackdowns on dissent (AP)
Update #2: Nicaraguan police raid news network critical of Ortega (Reuters)
WNU Editor: If there was ever any doubt that Ortega and his wife wanted to rule Nicaragua unopposed .... after this weekend there are no doubts.
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