A journalist reported missing in Nicaragua in July is among 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners released by Daniel Ortega’s government and sent to Guatemala, a Guatemalan press group reported.
Fabiola Terceroa communicator for virtual platforms and feminist groups, had been missing since July 12 after the “police forcibly entered” her home, the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had reported that month.
The group No Nos Callarán said that Tercero “is” in the group that arrived in Guatemala on Thursday after being released by Ortega thanks to mediation by the United States.
The journalist is also in the group Victor Ticay“imprisoned” since April 2023 “after recording an Easter celebration banned by the Daniel Ortega regime and [su esposa y vicepresidenta] Rosario Murillo,” he added.
The Guatemalan government did not release the identities of the 135, citing “security reasons.”
“We celebrate that these people have regained their freedom and that Guatemala has opened its doors to an authoritarian Central America that is inhospitable to critical voices,” the statement said.
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The group “emphatically condemned the systematic repression in Nicaragua” and “violations of freedom of expression and of the press.”
Among those released are also 13 members of the evangelical organization Mountain Gateway, as well as lay Catholics, students, human rights defenders, peasants and other people that Ortega and Murillo “consider a threat to their authoritarian regime,” according to Washington.
Guatemala granted them a 90-day residence permit while they choose to seek refuge in this country, the United States or another nation under the safe mobility program implemented by Washington.
His release was made “on humanitarian grounds,” said National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, two months before the US presidential election.
