Daniel Ortega’s justice prosecuted the opponent’s family Javier Alvarezwho is in exile.
The judge of Managua Félix Ernesto Salmerón, found guilty of two presumed crimes the wife and daughter of Álvarez, the Franco-Nicaraguan citizens, Jeannine Horvilleur Cuadra Y Ana Alvarez Horvilleur; as well as his son-in-law Felix Roiz Sotomayor.
The hostages were processed behind closed doors in a period of two days, accused of allegedly conspiring to undermine national integrity and spread false news to the detriment of the State. The Prosecutor’s Office requested eight years in prison for the women and ten years, against Álvarez’s son-in-law.
The regime continues to deny political prisoner Jaime Arellano the right to medical attention for more than 500 days. Sources on condition of anonymity revealed to Article 66 that the commentator has not undergone the necessary tests to keep the diseases he suffers under control.
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“He has problems with balance and speaking, but even so they do not allow him (to perform) a CT scan or any other necessary examination. In addition, he has to report on his feet six times a day despite the fact that it is difficult for him to walk. He has fallen several times because he loses his balance. It seems that he has had a stroke, but without tests it cannot be confirmed. The political prisoner has lost more than 130 pounds.
The Argentine Forum for Democracy in the Region (FADER) rejected the invitation made by the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, to the leaders of Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela to the Seventh Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), to be held on January 24 in that country.
In addition, the organization filed a complaint against the three dictators for human rights violations before the courts of their country.
South American politicians demanded that President Fernández “suspend” the invitation sent to Daniel Ortega, Miguel Díaz Canel and Nicolás Maduro.
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo launched its judicial framework to accuse Monsignor Rolando Alvarez for the alleged crimes of conspiracy to undermine the national integrity and propagation of false news.
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Lawyer Yader Morazán, an expert in the administration of justice and a former official of the Judiciary, revealed that the regime will use 16 witnesses in the impeachment trial against the bishop, for which no start date is known.
According to Morazán, one of the witnesses is the regime’s propagandist Elba Marina Ray who works at Radio Insurrección, which operates within the Department of the government party, FSLN.
She is known for directing the repression of April 2018 and, before this trial, she even “embraced Monsignor Álvarez.”
Another of the witnesses of the dictatorship is Gabriela Alejandra Rayo Castrowife of the nephew of the alleged “chief of the Matagalpa paramilitaries”, known as Lalo Soza.
Also on the list is Emiliano Antonio Perez Castro, brother of former commissioner Marvin Pérez. Morazán affirms that the man has relatives working in the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and “he has been wanting to work in the State for years.”
The regime also sought a worker from the Ministry of Education, a public defender from Matagalpa and the sound engineer from the Matagalpina Mayor’s Office Nieves Hernandezwho worked on a Catholic radio station and was even a conductor for priests.
Human rights organizations, which make up the so-called «Nicaragua Coalition Struggle», demanded that the international community protect Nicaraguan migrants who are fleeing the country’s socio-political crisis, and who encounter obstacles in their transit and destination.
The 17 signatory associations demanded that transit countries, such as Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, “fulfill their duties to guarantee effective access to international protection for migrants, whose vulnerability has increased and become more complex” due to access restrictions.
Four fishermen who had been missing since last Friday after going out to fish from the beaches of Casares, on the coast of Diriamba, Carazo, were rescued healthy off the coast of Corinto, three days later.
The fishermen recount that when the motor of the boat broke down and the spark plugs burned, they were forced to drop the anchor, however, the power rope burst, which caused the currents to easily drag them to the bottom of the sea.
Those who found them were their companions from Masachapa.
Milton Jose Lanuza34 years old, one of the four rescued fishermen, said that they had to drink thawed ice water that they carried in the fishing thermos and eat raw fish that they managed to catch.
