Opposition organizations denounce the arrest carried out this Tuesday, April 12, against four musicians critical of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. “Music is resistance and the dictatorship wants to silence it,” say the political groups that demand the freedom of imprisoned artists.
The Nicaraguan University Alliance (YET) dedicated a tweet to denounce the imprisonments and send a message to one of the sons of the presidential couple Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo, who has ventured into music. “Although you imprison all the musicians of Nicaragua and only you and your musical projects remain, the people of Nicaragua will not listen to you. You’re not going to be successful like that,” the organization reminded him.
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On Tuesday the 12th, the Police arrested the musical producers Salvador Spinoza Y Xochitl Tapiaowners of SaXo Production, Leonard Canals, director of the virtual rock space La Anteala and Joshua Monroyvocalist of the band Monroy & Surmenage.
The regime has not revealed the reason for the arrests of the Nicaraguan musicians, however, in the case of Monroy, his arrest comes after his musical band recently gave a concert in tribute to the victims of the April 2018 repression .
In it, lyrics such as “a loud cry since April”, “everyone shouts present” and “they are not going to shut us up” would be heard. During the concert, the band’s vocalist, Joshua Monroy, would have shouted at the end of his interpretation «April is not forgotten!». The production of the concert was in charge of Saxo Productionswhose managers are also managers of the band.
For its part, the University Coordinator for Democracy and Justice (CUDJ) through their social networks also demanded the release of imprisoned musicians stating that «music is struggle and resistance, and the dictatorship wants to silence it. Up the music so that the dictatorship shuts up! »Says the organization of young opponents.
It is known that the attack by the dictatorship against singers opposed to the regime occurred after bar owners received a circular from the Police prohibiting them from holding concerts with various bands, under threat of revocation of permits.
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This April 12, the dictatorship also raided the houses of opponents in different parts of the country, including that of the Masaya opponent Yolanda Gonzáles, the relatives of Darwin Potosme, murdered in June 2018, and the relatives of the teenager Junior Gaitán, who died during social protests.
