Alvaro Conrado Avendanofather of the teenager murdered by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Alvarito Conrado, died on the night of this Friday, January 27 in a hospital in Managua, confirmed through social networks the Mothers of April Association (AMA), of the that he was president.
“The great AMA family is grieving. With deep sadness and dismay, from the Mothers of April Association we regret to announce the death of our president Álvaro Conrado Avendaño this Friday, January 27, 2023, ”wrote the organization.
Another source assured Article 66 that Alvarito Conrado’s father died of a heart attack, however, in his statement AMA did not provide details about his death.
The organization highlighted that Don Álvaro played a “fundamental” role in the development of the Association. He added that as president he was an example and source of inspiration “in our fight for Justice and Truth.”
“Your tireless work and commitment to the collective hope of a better future for everyone, as well as to the Non-Repetition of what happened after the state repression suffered since April 2018, will serve as inspiration, light and guidance to continue. his legacy,” AMA said.
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Conrado maintained for years his demand for justice for the death of his son Alvarito, who was assassinated by a sniper on April 20, 2018 in the vicinity of the National Engineering University (UNI), in Managua, when the brutal repression was taking place. of the Police against young people who were protesting against the Ortega dictatorship. To date, the crime remains unpunished.
The adolescent’s phrase “it hurts to breathe” was the emblem of the civic struggle of Nicaraguans and of the campaign that Conrado carried out for a while; until the repression, siege and persecution of the regime forced him to lower his profile.
Conrado is one more family member who dies without getting justice for his son’s murder.
“We mothers, fathers, brothers and family members of AMA are moved and we join in the pain of your family. All our solidarity to their children and other relatives,” the organization concluded.
The lawyer and human rights defender, Yonarqui Martínez, shared a reflection on the parents, relatives and friends who maintain the hope of obtaining justice for the death of their relatives during the 2018 repression.
“The parents, relatives and friends of each victim await Justice. I have had to see during these years the death of relatives in search of that truth. Justice is not something that is longed for, it is something that by law belongs to us but that has been taken from us, ”she said on Twitter.
The parents, relatives and friends of each victim await Justice. I have had to see during these years the death of relatives in search of that truth. Justice is not something that is yearned for, it is something that by law belongs to us but that has been taken from us.
– Yonarqui Martinez G (@YonarquiM) January 28, 2023
