Aminta Granera

Aminta Granera Sacasa (born 18 September 1952) is a former Sandinista revolutionary and the former Director General of the National Police of Nicaragua. She was the chief of the National Police from September 5, 2006, until April 27, 2018.

Early life Aminta Granera Sacasa was born 18 September 1952 in León, Nicaragua. After studies at Georgetown University in the United States, Granera decided to become a nun and began her novitiate with the Sisters of the Assumption in Guatemala City. When the Sandinista administration ended in 1990, she joined the new National Police, which aimed to professionalize the police force, removing it from partisan politics. However, the police under her tenure also drew allegations of human rights violations and repression of Ortega's critics.

Grenera resigned as chief of National Police on April 28, 2018, in the face of mass protests across Nicaragua, dozens of deaths and widespread criticism of the police response.

Personal life Granera is married to economist Oswaldo Gutiérrez, with whom she has three children. The first was born during the revolutionary war, and after leaving the child with her mother, she returned to the front. She is also the grandmother of Ariel Barrios.