The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) demanded from the administration of Daniel Ortega an “exhaustive investigation” into the case of the murder of the young Brazilian Rayneia Gabrielle Da Costa Lima Rochawho died at the hands of a “paramilitary” on July 23, 2018.
The agency, in a statement dated June 4, explained that the Nicaraguan government has “a period of three months, extendable for a maximum of four months, to respond to said request.”
This July 23, it will be four years since the crime of Raynéia Gabrielle Da Costa Lima Rocha, one more case that has gone unpunished and that Ortega’s justice system has “shelved.” Her family continues to tirelessly demand justice for her murder.
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In 2018, the paramilitary Pierson Gutierrez Solis confessed to the murder against the Brazilian student and had been sentenced to 15 years in prison, 14 for murder and one for illegal possession of weapons. However, in July 2019, the perpetrator of the crime benefited from the Amnesty Law and was released.
For both national and international human rights defenders, with this action the Ortega regime left the case unpunished and archived. In addition, they pointed out that serious human rights violations cannot be subject to an amnesty procedure.
The legal body, Penal Action, which represents and provides support to Maria Jose DaCostamother of the young woman, pointed out that “no real justice has been done, since there has been no will to investigate the murder and the institutions of the criminal justice system: the Prosecutor’s Office, the Police and the Judiciary have hindered the right of the victim to effective judicial protection and, on the contrary, has promoted impunity for this murder.”
In addition, the victim’s mother continues to ask for justice and a thorough investigation for the “violent death” of her daughter. “Until now, justice has not fulfilled its duty to punish the person responsible for her death,” she said.
«Daniel Ortega has protected the material murderer of my daughter and others involved who have not wanted to investigate. He repudiated the actions of the regime that governs Nicaragua and the justice system that have colluded to keep this case in impunity », he denounced.
Rayneia Gabrelle Da Costa Lima Rocha was murdered on the night of July 23, 2018, when she was returning to her home, located in Lomas de Monserrat, near the Colegio Americano. The neighborhood has been controlled by the private security of the FSLN treasurer, Francisco “Chico” López, to whom the murderer of the Brazilian student belonged.
According to the report of the same Ortega Police, Pierson Gutiérrez murdered the Brazilian with an M4 Carbine assault rifle, a weapon manufactured by the Colt company in the United States. It is the main standard infantry weapon of the US Army and is normally used by elite police units.
