The journalist Josselin Montes, who fled the repression in Nicaragua and who is now being held by the United States Migration authorities (USA), will not be able to live her process in freedom after a judge denied her, this Friday, the payment of a bond, requested by his lawyers.
On this day, a protest in solidarity with the communicator was held on Calle Ocho, in Miami, and evidence continues to be gathered to seek a legal stay in that nation that has received hundreds of Nicaraguans as political asylum.
The lawyer and human rights defender Pablo Cuevas offered his testimony before the US authorities, so that the risk involved in deporting Montes to Nicaragua is recognized, the lawyer said to Article 66.
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“His lawyer asked that he be released and face his process in freedom, by means of a bond and a guarantor, but the immigration judge did not grant the request,” Cuevas said.
retained since april
Montes was summoned to face her immigration process on April 18 of this year. Since then it has been withheld. Her lawyer is requesting political asylum.
Cuevas, director of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office (DNDH), highlights that this organization produced a report that determined the situation of the now detainee, to confirm that if she stayed in Nicaragua she could be arrested and if she returns to the country, she is also in danger.
The last hearing will be held this coming July 5th. The process, according to the director of the DNDH, is being carried out quickly. The compatriot is in the custody of the Broward Transition Center, in Pompano Beach, in the State of Florida.
In interviews with other media, Josselin Montes stated that before 2018 she had a tourist visa to enter the United States, which was canceled without further explanation, despite the fact that she only traveled for two months. Her permission to stay in that country was for up to six months.
participated in the protests
The journalist participated in the civic protests, which led her to suffer harassment from the government, according to her testimony, which led her to leave Chinandega. The siege persisted and she was unable to work, forcing her to migrate undocumented, crossing through Mexico.
For these reasons, *caves* points out that in this case *this* Invoking the Convention Against Torture, so that the United States grants political asylum to the Nicaraguan journalist.
Nicaraguan journalist could be deported in the coming days. Her case is pressing, says the director of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Ombudsman.
