The regime of Daniel Ortega prohibited the entry to Nicaragua of the musician and founder of the group “La Cuneta Son Machín” Carlos Luis Mejia. The artist was returning from a trip to Washington, United States, but when trying to board a connecting flight El Salvador-Managua, he was prevented from doing so.
Jorge Mejia Peraltabrother of the musician, wrote on his Twitter account — a publication that he later deleted — that “my brother Carlos Luis Mejía is prohibited from entering his country.”
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According to the news platform Divergentes, a source from Nicaraguan Immigration and Immigration revealed that the mother and daughter of Carlos Luis Mejía were able to continue their journey to Managua, while the musician was returned to the United States.
“The order was not to let him return after the airline sent the names of the passengers on that flight to Managua,” the newspaper quotes.
The artist is the son of Carlos Mejía Godoy, a composer of revolutionary music who for the civic rebellion of 2018 composed “Go ahead Monimbo” in honor of the people of Masaya, and who later had to go into exile after threats of imprisonment.
The action against Mejía comes after a wave of harassment and arbitrary arrests such as those that occurred on April 12, after the Police at the service of the Ortega regime detained the music producers Salvador Espinoza and Xóchitl Tapia, owners of sax production.
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It was also known of the arrests without a warrant by Leonardo Canals and the Italian based in Managua, Emilia Arienti, both members of the virtual rock space La Anteala, who were deported to their country of origin
In the police raid he was kidnapped the same day Joshua Monroy, Vocalist of the band Monroy & Surmenage. It is known that he is detained in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ) in Managua.
The “voracious hunt” and it occurs in the context of the commemoration of the four years of the civic rebellion of 2018. Article 66 He tried to communicate with the relatives of Carlos Luis Mejía, but they did not answer the calls or the messages.
