A source close to the family of university leaders Lesther German Y Max Sherry revealed that prison conditions against political prisoners “have improved” with respect to food and hours of sunlight, despite interrogations, inhumane treatment and the lack of specialized medical care persists.
“They are stable within what is possible. Lesther and Max have regained a bit of weight, compared to previous visits they look better. They comment that now they are regularly taken out to sunbathe and that the interrogations continue,” the source told the investigation team on condition of anonymity. Article 66.
He added that the officers of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance, known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, question the young opponents about what they are eating or what they are going to do with their lives if they go out.
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In the case of Max Jerez, the hostage of the dictatorship is strong and so far has not presented illnesses in 385 days of confinement. While Lesther Alemán continues with reflux, tachycardia and problems in one of his legs.
Likewise, the source pointed out that as a result of the disclosure of the spoken portraits of some political prisoners and “all this denunciation” there have been small changes inside the prison.
It is known that the doctors at El Chipote have been treating Alemán’s health. The young opponent takes medications for reflux and a daily pill to treat the tachycardia that he presents, however he continues without receiving an exact diagnosis of the damage to his leg.
After 42 days of incommunicado detention, the leaders of the Nicaraguan University Alliance (AUN) were able to see their relatives during the ninth day of visits that the Daniel Ortega regime authorized — between Friday, July 22 and Sunday, July 24 — to opponents imprisoned in Chipote.
In addition, the source denounced that on this occasion the “requisitions were quite exhaustive, in such a way that they were uncomfortable, since everything was checked on the relatives, but much more than the other times.”
385 days have passed, after on July 5, 2021, the Ortega Police arbitrarily detained Lesther Alemán and Max Jerez. Both young men were sentenced to 13 years in prison each for the alleged crime of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity.”
