{"id":188934,"date":"2026-05-16T10:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/sin-categoria\/police-arrest-former-sandinista-treasurer-chico-lopez-under-rosario-murillos-orders\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:46:12","slug":"police-arrest-former-sandinista-treasurer-chico-lopez-under-rosario-murillos-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/police-arrest-former-sandinista-treasurer-chico-lopez-under-rosario-murillos-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Former Sandinista Treasurer \u201cChico\u201d L\u00f3pez Under Rosario Murillo\u2019s Orders<br\/>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Engineer Francisco \u201cChico\u201d L\u00f3pez Centeno, former treasurer of the FSLN and former vice president of <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/especiales\/una-pulperia-de-negocios\/\">Albanisa<\/a>, was arrested by the National Police on Thursday, May 14, 2026, and transferred that same day to the \u201cLa Modelo\u201d prison in Tipitapa, Managua. Both actions were ordered by \u201cco-president\u201d Rosario Murillo, according to sources linked to the FSLN Secretariat in \u201cEl Carmen\u201d and the National Penitentiary System. <\/p>\n\n<p>L\u00f3pez was arrested during a police operation at his company, \u201cTecnolog\u00eda y Sistemas S.A. (Tecnosa),\u201d located near the American School in Managua, according to workers connected to Tecnosa.<\/p>\n\n<p>Neither the Police nor the Prosecutor\u2019s Office have officially filed charges against the former FSLN treasurer, but sources linked to \u201cEl Carmen\u201d \u2014 where \u201cco-presidents\u201d Daniel Ortega and Murillo reside and work \u2014 say that \u201cRosario Murillo\u2019s decision is to prosecute and convict\u201d L\u00f3pez on serious charges such as <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/politica\/los-escandalos-de-corrupcion-en-la-dictadura-ortega-murillo\/\">money laundering and illicit enrichment<\/a>, the same accusations brought against other former officials of the dictatorship and Ortega exiles.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe detention of Francisco Lopez, a loyal militant who has served Ortega and Murillo since the 1990s, has caused fear and uncertainty within Sandinista ranks. People are only asking who will be next,\u201d said a source linked to the FSLN.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-la-caida-de-chico-lopez\">The Fall of \u201cChico\u201d Lopez<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/ortega-murillo-shift-control-of-their-business-network-to-central-bank-chief\/\">Lopez was removed in February 2026 <\/a>from all his responsibilities as the main operator of the Ortega-Murillo family\u2019s private businesses operating under state protection. His \u201cfunctions\u201d were transferred to the president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua, Ovidio Reyes, sources linked to the FSLN Secretariat told CONFIDENCIAL. <\/p>\n\n<p>The former official had withdrawn from political life and was dedicated exclusively to his private businesses at Tecnosa and other companies built under the protection of the regime.<\/p>\n\n<p>Over the last two decades, Lopez \u2014 under the close supervision of Murillo and her son Rafael Ortega Murillo \u2014 was the principal operator in the diversion of funds from Venezuelan state cooperation, estimated at more than 4.7 billion dollars between 2007 and 2018. With part of that money, the regime created Alba de Nicaragua, S.A. (ALBANISA), to function as a conglomerate of binational companies. Millions more were injected into the Rural National Savings Cooperative R.L. (Caruna).  <\/p>\n\n<p>When the Venezuelan counterpart audited the use of those resources, the creation of Banco Corporativo (BANCORP) was ordered, with the intention of exercising greater control over the use of the money.<a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/principal\/cierre-de-bancorp-golpeara-reservas-bcn\/\"> After the voluntary closure of Bancorp,<\/a> and as a way to channel a multibillion-dollar fortune that could no longer be operated through the national banking system, the <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/nacion\/credicoop-la-caja-chica-para-evadir-sanciones-en-nicaragua\/\">Savings and Credit Cooperative (CREDICOOP) was created.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Part of those funds were also used to make major investments that enabled control of the electricity distribution companies Disnorte and Dissur. The Ortega-Murillo family also invested in other energy-generation companies, commerce, media outlets, and real estate. <\/p>\n\n<p>Among the various positions Lopez held in recent years were vice president of ALBANISA, president of the Nicaraguan Petroleum Company (PETRONIC), and president of the Nicaraguan Mining Company (ENIMINAS). He was <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/nacion\/gobierno-renuncia-a-chico-lopez-tras-sancion-de-magnitsky\/\">forced to resign from both positions in July 2018<\/a> after being sanctioned by the United States under the Global Magnitsky Act Sanctions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-junto-a-otros-exfuncionarios-en-la-modelo\">Together with Other Former Officials in \u201cLa Modelo\u201d<\/h2>\n\n<p>Other<a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/politica\/el-nuevo-mapa-del-poder-en-nicaragua-serie-especial-completa\/\"> former dictatorship <\/a>officials are being held in \u201cLa Modelo,\u201d including retired Major General Ramon Calderon Vindell, former director of Petronic, Eniminas, Albanisa, and Alba Generacion. The former military officer has been imprisoned since March 2026 and is accused of carrying out irregular contracts with oil companies. <\/p>\n\n<p>Calderon was summoned for questioning on Tuesday, March 24, to District III of the National Police, but since \u201cThursday the 26th (of March) he never returned home to sleep,\u201d sources from \u201cEl Carmen\u201d said.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to the sources, the arrest of the retired major general is related to investigations led by Ovidio Reyes and a \u201ccommission\u201d he heads for the management of the Ortega-Murillo family\u2019s private businesses.<\/p>\n\n<p>Also being held in \u201cLa Modelo\u201d prison is the eldest son of the former FSLN treasurer, Bismarck L\u00f3pez, who was involved in the exploitation of private mining concessions \u2014 business interests that reportedly came into conflict with those of <a href=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/politica\/los-plenos-poderes-de-laureano-ortega-en-la-dictadura-familiar\/\">Laureano Ortega Murillo<\/a>, the son of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.<\/p>\n\n<p>Bismarck L\u00f3pez was arrested on October 17, 2025. He was initially held in the cells of the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ), known as \u201cEl Chipote,\u201d before later being transferred to \u201cLa Modelo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineer Francisco \u201cChico\u201d L\u00f3pez Centeno, former treasurer of the FSLN and former vice president of Albanisa, was arrested by the National Police on Thursday, May 14, 2026, and transferred that same day to the \u201cLa Modelo\u201d prison in Tipitapa, Managua. 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