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The Donald Trump administration has deported 6,095 Nicaraguans as of November 2025, according to a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of State. The migrants arrived in Managua on 54 flights. This exceeds the total of 50 flights over the previous two years, 2023 and 2024.
The increase in flights corresponds to Trump’s anti-immigration policies. In his second term, which began on January 20, 2025, he promised to deport one million undocumented migrants during his first year.
Nicaragua has already received 52% more deportees than the 3,996 compatriots deported in 2024, and three times more than the 2,020 expelled in 2023, according to a CONFIDENCIAL data analysis based on public figures from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Between September and November 2025, a total of 24 flights with deportees arrived at Augusto C. Sandino International Airport. Of these:
- 10 flights arrived in September with 1,012 deportees
- 8 in October with 835 deportees
- 6 flights in November with 599 deportees
September was the month with the most flights carrying deportees to Managua, followed by October, November, and July, when six flights arrived in each of those months.
What Is Known About Deportees in Nicaragua?
The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo does not provide information on flights or the number of Nicaraguans being deported. Despite the migration crisis, the president has only spoken publicly on four occasions:
- April 30: He acknowledged for the first time the arrival of flights carrying deported Nicaraguans, without giving any figures.
- May 1: He criticized the sending of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
- June 3: He compared the raids to Nazi persecution and assured that Nicaraguans “have the doors open” to return.
- September 26: He reiterated that he welcomes them with “open arms” and, for the first time, revealed the arrival of a flight with 119 deportees, but did not disclose the total number.
The dictator claims that deported Nicaraguans are received by personnel from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health. They undergo a medical check, are provided food, and are then transported directly to their homes—even if they come from remote areas such as Waspam or Quilalí, located in the North Caribbean and northern Nicaragua.
Honduras Begins Receiving Deportees from Third Countries
In October, Honduras joined other Central American countries accepting deportees who are not nationals. Human rights advocates warn this could include Nicaraguans who requested political asylum in the United States.
CONFIDENCIAL is aware of a case involving a Nicaraguan migrant in a detention center who was offered deportation to Honduras due to being a political target. The same happened with Yadira Córdoba, mother of one of those killed by the dictatorship during the April Rebellion and a member of the Association of April Mothers (AMA), who has a deportation order to Honduras.
The government of Xiomara Castro in Honduras agreed in August 2025 to receive deportees of other nationalities, according to the U.S. network CBS News. The first flight with third-country deportees arrived on October 10, reported Human Rights First.
On the same day, Guatemala received a flight with three Honduran deportees. Unlike its neighboring country, Guatemalan authorities did report the arrival of the plane and the exact number of expelled individuals.
From Central America, Costa Rica, Panama, and El Salvador have also received flights with deportees from third countries. The first two have mainly received migrants from outside the continent, while El Salvador has received Venezuelans, who have been confined at the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT).
