Nicaraguan police late on Friday threw allegations on the owner of the local Miss Universe franchise with conspiracy, money laundering and being responsible for giving rise to fake news, some weeks after the Central American nation’s first victory in the pageant. Authorities have thrown allegations on Karen Celebertti, director of the Miss Nicaragua franchise, her husband and son with conspiracy in opposition to the government, according to a statement enforced by the national police.
Celebertti’s local Miss Universe organization has been used to “turn pageants into political traps and political ambushes, financed by foreign agents,” the police statement revealed. Reuters was not immediately able to contact her representatives for remark. Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios won successfully the title of Miss Universe on Nov. 18, getting the opportunity to be known as the first Central American to wear the crown.
Palacios has not come back to Nicaragua since her victory and is currently staying in New York. Palacios’ triumph was cherished beautifully by Nicaraguans in the streets. Police are now throwing allegations on the organizers of attempting to organize anti-government protests. The government had put a ban on protests following a violent crackdown of widespread anti-government demonstrations in 2018 that led to exceeding than 320 dead according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.