the neurosurgeon Jairo Gutierrezmember member of the Nicaraguan Medical Unithad to go into exile days after being attacked by three unknown subjects.
The doctor told Article 66 that on February 5 at seven at night he was intercepted by a group of men when he was leaving a pharmacy in the Monseñor Lezcano neighborhood.
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«The three subjects were waiting for me to leave the pharmacy, when I was going to board my vehicle they hindered me and one of them hit me in the face, I responded; and the three of them hit me,” the specialist denounced.
He added that although he does not know the people who attacked him, he does not doubt that they are supporters of the Daniel Ortega regime who “tried to silence him” because of the comments he has made as a doctor and for having assisted dozens of citizens who were victims of government repression in 2018. including the political prisoner from Ometepe Island, Justo Rodríguez.
«I know that they were watching me, but one cannot speak with the weight of one’s tongue, however, who else could it have been? I am nobody’s enemy. If it was to rob me that they attacked me, well, they would have robbed me, but they didn’t, they just wanted to hit me; What is certain is that someone told me to shut up, “added the 42-year-old specialist.
For her part, the human rights defense attorney Yonarqui Martínez lamented the repressive actions against the neurosurgeon. “What they did to Dr. Jairo Gutiérrez has no name, they tried to kill him… », she wrote on Twitter.
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“My solidarity with Dr. Gutiérrez, who has been an angel for several patients who have been denied medical attention, including me, wanting to deprive him of his life for treating patients is a crime,” added Martínez.
Forced into exile in the face of impunity for aggressors
Dr. Gutiérrez filed the complaint with District Two of the Police, but he is sure that the regime’s agents did nothing.
“I also went to the Institute of Legal Medicine, but they said I had nothing,” said the doctor, who, not receiving an answer from the police authorities, had to make the decision to go into exile.
Gutiérrez said that exile “was the only alternative I had, because this time it was just a warning, but later they could do me more harm. I didn’t want to add to the list of victims.”
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Before the attack on Gutiérrez, Dr Jose Luis Borge he had been attacked by Ortega fanatics. All crimes have gone unpunished, however the Police continue to arrest opponents and accuse them of “fabricated” crimes.
