Doin' Costa Rica: Our Friends at Joluva are GUILTY of Being GAY!

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Our Friends at Joluva are GUILTY of Being GAY!

The owners of Joluva Guesthouse in Granada Nicaragua were found GUILTY on all charges.

It's TRUE. Our friends, Jan (standing) and Francis (sitting), the owners of Joluva Guesthouse will find out how long they have to sit in a Nicaraguan jail cell eating rotten rice, next Wednesday. Minimum 2 years, maximum 12 years. Are you f***ing kidding me?

Don't know what I'm talking about... the FULL, TRUE story is HERE. Don't feel like reading, basically, my friends were accused of 'sexual exploitation of minors', 'promoting sexual tourism', 'pornography' etc... but take my word, the entire thing was about being successful, gay, foreign business owners in Nicaragua. How dare they promote gay in Nicaragua...and be successful.

I'm going to hold my 'pen' for the time being and not write anything until AFTER Wednesday... but after that, it's GAME ON. I may not be the Huffington Post but I'll attempt to use 'whatever' means to get their story out. Although Jan and Francis are my friends and I would help them regardless, this SO could have been me and D'Angelo and a LOT of other folks I know.. and I just can't leave them hanging. In the meantime, I have some ideas of my own but if anyone else has some ideas as to what we can do, please email me- travelcostaricanow@gmail.com

I'm heartsick, this is SOOooooooooooo sad...... and if you knew them and the TRUTH, you'd know why......... a 3rd World jail cell............. have you seen those movies?

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david-sf · 655 weeks ago

I am too I heard about this bullshit from one of my clients corruption at its best

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michael alan · 655 weeks ago

You Got that RIGHT.

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Rob Vanderheyden · 655 weeks ago

I think that Nicaragua put the last nail in the coffin with this BS. It is extremely unlikely that I will ever visit Nicaragua again and leave my tourist dollars there.

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michael alan · 655 weeks ago

yeah,,,,we're starting to feel the same..... and we so love Granada.

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Bob Hulsey · 653 weeks ago

So, what happened on Wednesday? Were the guys sentenced?

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JayR · 652 weeks ago

The sentencing has been postponed twice and may take up to 6 months to happen while the Nicaraguan government expropriates their properties. Look at the recent comments on the Dispatch ariticle about Joluva. The situation has turned dangerous there for gay tourists. I can attest to that myself. On my last trip to Granada in May I was almost assaulted by a 20-something year old street hussler who threatened to turn me into the police for being gay and taking advantage of him, which was a complete lie. I never had anything like that happen on past trips to Granada. It's very different now. http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/03/pol...

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JayR · 649 weeks ago

Jan has made a couple of new posts this week in their blog about their 5 year sentence and conditions in Nica prison. http://friendsofjoluva.blogspot.com/

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Babs · 645 weeks ago

Five boys ages 14-17 gave statements against them. They were convicted of being pimps who did not care about the well being of their charges. Club Alegria amounted to a scam on the gay community. The units cost as much as condos in Miami yet lacked a/c or even one closet. What it didn't lack was boys brought up twice weekly by this couple. Well, you lost your playground and they are in jail. But lets not pretend this was just a gay hotel and they are being persecuted for just being gay.

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michael alan · 645 weeks ago

I can't let this comment stand w/out ripping a few holes...... I'll assume you only think you know what you're talking about, you don't seem to have any first hand knowledge. First off, the guys that made the statements were coerced and threatened by the Nicaraguan police. If they were doing what they were accused of, should have been a LOT more statements. I've been to the 'playground' numerous times and EVERYONE there was over 18, if this was a 'straight' party with girls, you wouldn't say 'shit'. If Club Alegra was 'overpriced' and I'm not saying it was, that doesn't mean it was a 'scam', they were trying to start a 'gay' community, 'scams aren't really conducive to starting up a community. This was 2 guys in Granada, not a corporation in Miami and have you been there? You say 'boys' were brought up there like they were shackled and paraded in front of men as some sort of sex slaves. The parties were twice a week for the guests at the hotel... again, no ONE under 18 and all there of there own free will...... and Jan and Francis NEVER were a go between between guest and the guys there. I could go on and on but I've wasted enough time on someone who thinks they know..........

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Gaetano · 645 weeks ago

Babs, I rented one of the paddle fan equipped condos at Club Alegria so-called “playground.” At trial 3 of the 5 were set free after being declared innocent. All the coerced witnesses either flipped on the witness stand or were sent home during the trial except for 1, a young man named Armando who unfortunately has the physical appearance of being in his mid-20s. He said he fibbed about his age, 17 and admitted to an afternoon of swimming, drinking 1 Tona beer and willingly joining a hotel guest back to his room. I own a home in Antigua and if every tourist or hotelier were arrested for situations like this Central America would need to build a great deal more prisons. In this case the investigating police were mislead by an informant who traded information for his freedom.

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Gaetano · 645 weeks ago

Furthermore and most respectfully Babs, as a proud Gay man who has invested my own money in Central America, what the struggling country of Nicaragua and her wonderful citizens ended up with here? Their authorities raiding 3 locations, 4 private homes and 4 businesses, coming up all but emptyhanded which must have shocked those at the top who authorized it. That’s when the manufacturing of evidence and corruption began….except possibly 17 YO Armando. Time will tell if he was also threatened, starved, bribed or coerced as some other local innocents complained in open court they were. This could have been anyone including me but I had moved elsewhere from Marc's condo at Club Alegria before the day of the unfortunate raids. Hopefully the Nicaraguan government will realize their unreliable ex-policeman informant sent 51 raiding paramilitary police down a rabbit hole.