Lázaro García, known as “Julián el Monimboseño”, a renowned pyrotechnician from Monimbó, Masaya, and who invented the famous contact bomb in the 1978 insurrection against Somoza and who was kidnapped by the Sandinista regime in 2018, died this Tuesday, October 15, at 78 years in his hometown.
García was arrested on October 6, 2018 by Ortega police and presented to the dictatorship’s justice system as a “terrorist.” The Monimboseño is recognized in the country for being the creator of the contact bomb that was used to attack the guard during the revolution against the Somoza dictatorship.
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo accused García of using those same explosives against them during the 2018 protests. The Sandinista government said that Lázaro García was the main supplier of bombs and mortars to the young people protesting in Masaya and that They defended themselves from the attacks of the Ortega police.
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“Julián el monimboseño” was released on conditional release (house for prison) four months after being arrested. Several members of his family were also captured in 2018, including his nephew Danny García and his wife Ruth Esther Matute.
Carlos Mejía Godoy portrayed in his song “Vivirás Monimbo” the exploits of Lázaro García “Julián el monimboseño”, who confronted the Somoza dictatorship through artisanal pyrotechnics and who died without seeing the fall of the new Ortega-Murillo dictatorship. .
Julián the monimboseño
He has miraculous hands
Wonderful hammocks
They are pouring out of his fingers
But in the dark days
In the heat of combat
He made rope bombs
For the revolution.
The body of Lázaro García will be buried this Wednesday afternoon in the Monimbó cemetery, the cause of death of “Julián el monimboseño” is still unknown.
