The Police at the service of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo arrested this Tuesday, April 12, the musical producers Salvador Espinoza and Xóchitl Tapia, owners of sax production.
It was also known of the arrests without a warrant from Leonardo Channels, director of the virtual rock space La Anteala and Joshua Monroy, Vocalist of the band Monroy & Surmenage.
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The reasons for the arrests of Nicaraguan musicians and critics of the Daniel Ortega regime are unknown; However, in the case of Monroy, his arrest comes after his musical band recently gave a concert in tribute to the victims of the April 2018 repression.
A source told Article 66 that the national artists were detained while they were in their homes and without explanation they were taken into custody without mentioning to which police station they would be transferred.
It is also known that the attack by the dictatorship against singers opposed to the regime occurred after bar owners received a circular from the Police prohibiting them from performing concerts with various bands, under threat of revocation of permits.
The onslaught of the Ortega and Murillo regime comes a few days after commemorating four years of the civic rebellion that began in April 2018. This morning the Sandinista Police raided the houses of opponents in different parts of the country, including the Masaya opposition Yolanda Gonzalesrelatives of Darwin Potosmé, murdered in June 2018 and relatives of teenager JUnior Gaitan, killed during social protests.
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The repressive actions also arose after the vice president of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, used her extensive and repeated speeches to rant against opponents and affirm that “this month is dedicated to peace and that diabolical acts will never be repeated.”
At the close of this article, the legal situation of the Nicaraguan musicians who, through their music, have paid tribute to the victims of repression and continue to resist in Nicaragua, is unknown.
