The political prisoner Irving Larios has undergone a hunger strike along with three other hostages of the dictatorship who demand respect for their fundamental human rights inside the prisons of the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote”. ».
«Irving Larios shares a cell with Miguel Mendoza, he suffers from hypertension and uric acid problems, for which he needs specialized medical attention and adequate nutrition for his ailments. In prison he has lost more than 40 pounds, he began his strike on September 24 », refers the initiative Be Humano.
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The defense organization denounced that the “political prisoners in El Chipote have decided to start a hunger strike despite the danger of death that this implies, demanding the fulfillment of their rights. Since their arrest, political prisoners have lost up to 60 pounds in prison.”
The sociologist and economist was arrested at his home on September 20, 2021 by the regime’s Police. The dictatorship accused him of violating Law 1042, the Special Cybercrime Law, the same legal tool that he used to prosecute more than 40 opposition leaders who have been imprisoned since the end of May of last year in the electoral context.
On March 9, the judge of the Tenth Criminal Trial District, Nancy Aguirre Gudiel, sentenced the political prisoner Irving Larios to 13 years in prison and disqualification from holding public office. In addition to the payment of 800 days of fines, about 160 thousand cordobas.
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The relatives of Larios and human rights organizations have sued the administration of Daniel Ortega on several occasions to change the precautionary measure to house arrest for the opponent, due to the different effects on his health due to the conditions of confinement. to which it has been subjected.
Like the opponent, the ex-guerrilla Dora María Téllez Argüello is on a hunger strike inside “El Chipote”; the sports writer and journalist Miguel Mendoza and the lawyer and member of the Political Council of the Blue and White National Unity (UNAB), Róger Reyes. They all demand that their rights be respected.
