The former politician Edward Enrique Lacayo Rodriguez, Known as the “fierce wolf”, she expressed after her release that she did not feel free “because Nicaragua is still imprisoned” by the Daniel Ortega regime.
After her release and exile to the United States, by order of the dictator Daniel Ortega, “la Loba feroz” was reunited on February 10, in Miami, with her sister, Karen Lacayo, also an opposition member.
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Through a short video, the former political kidnapped affirmed that Nicaragua has become one of the largest prisons in Latin America, where many families are still kidnapped.
“There are still political weights – in the different prisons of the country – and that we have to advocate for them,” said the opponent, who on March 12 will be turning 38.
“Chance for Unity”
He also emphasized that the freedom of the more than 222 opponents is an opportunity for opposition unity. “Unfortunately we had to assume a lot, but the greatest suffering was that of my family and of all the Nicaraguans who have fought for a free Nicaragua.”
“Let’s continue in this fight, let’s not forget that it is God who freed us, it was not a man, but we thank the president of the United States — Joe Biden — who did the necessary procedures,” he added.
Regarding the exile to which he was subjected by Daniel Ortega, Edward Lacayo said he did not lose hope of returning to “a Nicaragua in permanent freedom, without any repression.”
The opponent, originally from the Cuatro Esquina neighborhood, in Masaya, was held captive since March 15, 2019 in the Jorge Navarro de Tipitapa Penitentiary System, known as “La Modelo”, forced to pay a 15-year prison sentence for the alleged organized crime and drug transportation.
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After almost four years of confinement, Lacayo was included in a list of 222 political hostages that the dictatorship released and stripped of his nationality, banishing him to the United States.
In a communication with Article 66 Lacayo indicated that “the only thing they could blame me for is loving my country. All my life I have worked, I have never consumed any prohibited substance, much less sold it, but the only thing the regime can do is invent common crimes.
During the confinement of the now exiled politician, his relatives were victims of siege, threats and harassment by the Police and paramilitaries allergic to the Ortega regime, forcing his sister, Karen Lacayo, into exile in the United States.
