SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Former Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam was killed on Thursday in Costa Rica, where he was living in exile, his wife and the UNAMOS political party said.
Samcam, a retired Sandinista major, was a vocal critic of the Nicaraguan government led by President Daniel Ortega. Costa Rica’s national police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Nicaraguan government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Gabriela Selser and Alvaro Murillo; editing by Deepa Babington)
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