Sources on condition of anonymity denounced that civilian men took over the facilities of the old Hotel Masaya, owned by former politician Cristhian Fajardo, originally from the city of flowers, on the afternoon of this Tuesday, March 14.
Article 66 He was also informed that the people who identified themselves as workers of the Attorney General’s Office ordered the owners of a pupusa sale that is located on another property in Fajardo, next to the hotel, to vacate in two days.
The actions of the Ortega dictatorship come after the February 15 stripping of the nationality of 94 Nicaraguans —journalists, priests, political activists, feminists, human rights defenders and former politicians—, which includes the former political hostage of Masaya.
This means of communication tried to communicate with Cristhian Fajardo —exiled since 2019 in the United States— however, contact could not be established.
In the early morning of June 20, 2018, during the context of the social protests against the Ortega dictatorship, hooded men, whom citizens and nearby neighbors identified as police and paramilitaries, burned the facilities of the Hotel Masaya, located on Avenida los Leones, entrance main of the city.
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The business operated since 2005, until it was reduced to ashes, where it almost perished. Adolfo Rene Caballeroone of Fajardo’s uncles who was on the property and was severely beaten by the criminals.
The attack against Cristhian Fajardo occurred after he participated in a press conference on June 18 of the same year where the issue of the crisis that Nicaragua and Masaya were experiencing was addressed, which was the last city to be riddled with bullets by paramilitaries and police at the service of the Ortega regime.
After the events, the Ortega dictatorship launched a siege and persecution against Cristhian Fajardo, kidnapping him on July 22, 2018, along with Fajardo’s lawyer and wife, María Adilia Peralta, also a former politician, accusing them of terrorism and organized crime. Both opponents spent 11 months in the cells of “La Modelo” and La Esperanza respectively, they were released under the controversial Ortega Amnesty Law.
Despite being released, the Police and armed men continued the siege against Fajardo and his family, for which reason on July 30 of the same year he was forced to leave for the United States, where he is currently and continues to do political activism.
