![Mark Hume FILE - General Humberto Ortega, head of the Nicaraguan Army, confirms the announcement of his retirement from the army at the presidential house in Managua, Nicaragua, May 18, 1994. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nicaraguan police announced he was under watch, citing health reasons, hours after a controversial interview Ortega, the president's brother, gave. (AP Photo/Mark Hume, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4038ec4241bc4f58916a139958c82292/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - General Humberto Ortega, head of the Nicaraguan Army, confirms the announcement of his retirement from the army at the presidential house in Managua, Nicaragua, May 18, 1994. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nicaraguan police announced he was under watch, citing health reasons, hours after a controversial interview Ortega, the president's brother, gave. (AP Photo/Mark Hume, File)
![Ernesto Mejia FILE - Nicaraguan Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, right, sits next to his brother, President Daniel Ortega, center, and Interior Minister Tomas Borge during an announcement of the expulsion of U.S. diplomats and the U.S. embassy's administrative and service workers in retaliation for an incident at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama, Dec. 30, 1989. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nicaraguan police announced Humberto Ortega was under watch, citing health reasons, hours after a controversial interview. (AP Photo/Ernest Mejia, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f876c62375514d89b3d0d8398ef51f63/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Nicaraguan Defense Minister Humberto Ortega, right, sits next to his brother, President Daniel Ortega, center, and Interior Minister Tomas Borge during an announcement of the expulsion of U.S. diplomats and the U.S. embassy's administrative and service workers in retaliation for an incident at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama, Dec. 30, 1989. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Nicaraguan police announced Humberto Ortega was under watch, citing health reasons, hours after a controversial interview. (AP Photo/Ernest Mejia, File)