The Ortega judge Félix Ernesto Salmerón, of the Fifth Criminal District Court of Managua, found guilty the French citizens, Jeannine Horvilleur Cuadra Y Ana Alvarez Horvilleur, wife and daughter respectively of opposition member Javier Álvarez. They also ruled against Felix Roiz Sotomayor, the latter son-in-law of Álvarez.
The political prisoners of the Ortega regime were charged with the alleged crimes of conspiracy to commit national integrity and propagation of false news, two legal instruments used to repress, imprison, and silence dissident voices and critics of the Daniel Ortega regime and Rosario Murillo.
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For its part, the Prosecutor’s Office requested the sentence of eight years in prison for Jeannine Horvilleur Cuadra, 63, and Ana Álvarez Horvilleur, 43, while for Félix Roiz Sotomayor requested a sentence of 10 years.
The trial was held behind closed doors at the Managua Judicial Complex, beginning yesterday, January 17, at nine in the morning and was suspended at 4:00 in the afternoon—, it resumed at eight in the morning of this Wednesday and concluded at 10 am The sentence will be read on January 26.
“Failure is an act of revenge”
After learning of the guilty verdict, the opponent and political exile Javier Álvarez acknowledged which was already expected. “I did not expect anything good from this government, they – the Ortega dictatorship – are not able to have empathy for people, they cannot accept that there are people in Nicaragua who think differently from what they think,” he lamented.
The opponent added in statements to Article 66 that the action against his wife, daughter and son-in-law is an act of revenge against him for not being able to kidnap him and avoid silencing him. “I feel enormous pain, my soul hurts, every cell hurts,” he said.
Despite the new onslaught of the dictatorship, the persecuted politician stated with aplomb that “I am not going to redeem myself, I am not going to kneel; I am going to continue with my ideas because they are mine and no one can take them away from me».
In addition, he indicated that once the sentence is handed down, the defense will appeal it. “I know that my family will not be treated differently from all political prisoners,” she stressed.
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The three relatives of Álvarez are being held in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, in Managua, where there are more than 50 prisoners of conscience.
These citizens were detained by the Police on September 13, 2022, one day before the national festivities. Officials were looking for Javier Álvarez and when they could not find him, because he had gone into exile in search of international protection, they decided to imprison his relatives.
Last October, the opponent then denounced that police officers broke into his home arbitrarily and without a warrant. One of Javier Álvarez’s concerns is the health condition of both his wife and daughter, who have not been treated by a specialist.
