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In the following days and weeks, there was a slew of further detentions of presidential hopefuls - seven of them in total - including a former Nicaraguan ambassador to the US, Arturo Cruz Jr, and Cristiana Chamorro's cousin, Juan Sebastián Chamorro. Even her brother, Pedro Joaquín, a journalist in his 70s, was arrested for merely voicing interest in running during an interview.