US EditionOutspoken Nicaraguan opposition figure shot to death at his home in Costa Rica
- Retired Nicaraguan military officer and vocal Ortega critic Roberto Samcam was shot dead in his Costa Rica condo on June 19, 2025, at 7:30 a.m.
- Samcam fled Nicaragua in July 2018 after paramilitaries assaulted his home amid Ortega's violent crackdown on protests demanding democratic change.
- In 2020, he worked with Costa Rica's Arias Foundation to gather testimonies of government torture and abuses, with the goal of preparing cases for trials at regional or international human rights forums.
- Samcam was fatally shot multiple times with a 9mm handgun by an assailant who entered his condominium before escaping on a motorcycle, as news of his death spread among the large number of Nicaraguans who have taken sanctuary in Costa Rica since the government’s crackdown on protests began in 2018.
- His killing intensifies concerns over ongoing repression by Ortega's government, which has persecuted opposition, jailed dissidents, and driven many into exile, while investigations continue without official Nicaraguan comment.
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The former Major of the Nicaraguan Army, Roberto Samcam, an exiled opponent of Daniel Ortega's government, was murdered this Thursday in Costa Rica without the motive of the crime being clear, the Costa Rican Judicial Investigation Agency confirmed.Samcam, 67 years old, was exiled in Costa Rica since 2018, after his house was assaulted by paramilitaries in July of that year.According to the police report, a man entered the condominium in which S…
The 66-year-old former military officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen yesterday morning in the apartment building where he lived in Costa Rica.
By Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reported Thursday that it is investigating the murder of retired Nicaraguan National Army Major Roberto Samcam, who had been living in exile in Costa Rica since 2018, according to a video posted on social media by the agency's general director, Randall Zúñiga. According to Zúñiga, the incident occurred after 7:00 a.m. Thursday in Moravia, a town northeast of S…
A retired Nicaraguan army officer and a strong critic of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s government was shot to death this Thursday in Costa Rica, where he was exiled. Mayor Roberto Samcam, 66, was gunned down by strangers on Thursday morning at the condo where he lived in a suburb of San José. Nicaraguan activists and movements in exile hold the Ortega and Murillo government responsible. “We don’t know much, but the murder is confirmed. It …
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