Nicaragua said Tuesday it was revoking the citizenship and seizing the property of 135 people who were expelled from the country last week after serving prison sentences in a government crackdown on dissent.

The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua on Thursday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who has in recent years often expelled individuals who he sees as hostile to his rule.

Among the Nicaraguans were 13 members of a Texas-based religious charity, Catholic laypeople, students and others.