The Nation - News from Jan. 19, 1987

The archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Nicaragua was robbed and threatened by two armed gunmen while in the Miami area on church business, police said. Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, archbishop of Managua, was at the home of a friend in Kendall when two gunmen forced their way in, tied up the archbishop and six others in the house and robbed them, said Metro-Dade police spokeswoman Lucy Fitz. Obando, who was in the Miami area to attend a religious meeting, was robbed of some personal documents, while money and jewelry were taken from the other victims, police said.