The godmother of the Nicaraguan political prisoner Tamara DávilaMariana Gómez del Campo, Mexican senator and president of the Christian Democratic Organization of America (ODCA), continues to demand the freedom of her “goddaughter.” With a photo of Dávila, she spoke in the Senate and criticized the silence of the government of President Andrés Manuel López, whom she accused of “overlapping” the Nicaraguan dictatorship.
«I will continue to be the voice of Tamara Dávila until the Ortega y Murillo regime releases her. What is lived in NICARAGUA ?? is a dictatorship underhanded by (Andrés Manuel) López Obrador. Let’s demand FREEDOM for political prisoners! DICTATORSHIPS kill!” He wrote on her Twitter account, which he accompanied with a video of her on the podium.
Gómez del Campo told the Senate: “She is Tamara Dávila, a political prisoner from Nicaragua, 40 years old, a six-year-old daughter, a defender of human rights, women’s rights and we have not heard this government say anything about the prisoners politicians in the region and the world.
Tamara Dávila was arrested on June 12, 2021. The Nicaraguan dictatorship decided to imprison her for allegedly violating Law 1055 or Sovereignty Law. She accused her and sentenced her to eight years in prison for the alleged crime of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity” and “treason.”
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In November 2021, the congresswoman urged the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, not to abandon monitoring of the sociopolitical crisis in Nicaragua, especially the situation of people held hostage of conscience. victims of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Gómez del Campo delivered a letter addressed to Luis Almagro at the OAS headquarters in Mexico, as he explained in a video that he posted on his Twitter social network account. The senator is part of the Casla Institute’s Breaking Chains campaign. Through various actions, high-profile politicians from various countries demand the release of political prisoners from Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. In addition, they denounce the dramatic situation that their “godchildren” live in prison to achieve their freedom.
At that time, the Mexican politician called on the dictatorial couple, made up of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, to “cease the violations of the human rights of both Tamara (Dávila) and the other people who today are deprived of their Liberty”. “Enough of impunity. Dictatorships destroy. We must side with the prisoners and political prisoners,” she urged.