Nicaragua is getting worse. The cops there are mostly corrupt and are mostly looking for foreigners if possible.
They try to charge you for things you never did and tell you lie stories.
I lived there for more than 2 years and the goverment, the cops and the burocracy are some of the reasons why we left the country and live now in Mexico.

We still have friends there and they told me a story from last week.

The parents from a young german volunteer traveld with their kid with a rental car in Nicaragua. On the way from Managua to Leon they got stopped and the police wanted - and they got it - 4000 Cordobas because it was not allowed to take photos at a place along the highway


On the same trip back they got stopped 20 minutes later and had to pay another 3500 Cordobas for speeding in a school zone. It was already dark, there was no sign and no kids on the way.

The first cops probably called their friends and told them that their are some stupid Gringos on the way - easy to rip off.

These foreigners had no idea how to deal with this agressive and criminal cops and paid 2 times. Then they phoned my friend and asked for advice how to avoid the next 30 minutes with fines until they reach their home.

Totaly ****ed up.

Saludos from Mexico . . .

. . . where they stop you normaly only when you really did something wrong and here are no controls like in Nicaragua.