The senator of Mexico Mariana Gomez del Campo continues to demand the freedom of the political prisoner Tamara Dávilaimprisoned since June 2021.
The senator, also president of the Christian Democratic Organization of America (ODCA), is part of the campaign called “Sponsor a political prisoner” in which international political figures participate who denounce the arbitrariness against imprisoned opponents.
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Gómez del Campo stated that he will continue to be the “voice of Tamara Dávila until the regime ortega Murillo releases her”, and criticized the silence of the Government of Mexico, chaired by Andrés Manuel López, whom he accused of “overlapping” the Nicaraguan dictatorship.
The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) pointed out that the government of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has entered into a spiral of “systematic repression” in Nicaragua from which neither the Catholic Church, nor NGOs nor the universities.
In the chapter on Nicaragua in its 2022 annual report, the human rights organization paints a bleak picture of a country where “the government has dismantled all institutional checks on presidential power.”
In addition, it warns that “defenders, journalists, and other actors critical of the government are targets of death threats, assaults, intimidation, harassment, surveillance, online smear campaigns, and arbitrary detention and criminal proceedings.”
At least five Nicaraguans have been murdered abroad this week: three in Costa Rica, one in Guatemala and one in the United States.
The women lost their lives at the hands of men who have been recognized, for the most part, as their partners.
The victims, including an undocumented migrant recently married in the United States, ranged in age from 21 to 46. A woman left five children in the orphanage.
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It is known that two suspects were captured by the authorities of the countries where the crimes occurred.
The Vatican would have initiated a dialogue process with the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to address the situation of Monsignor Rolando AlvarezBishop of Matagalpa, to whom the ruling party opened a judicial process against him.
The news of the dialogue between the Holy See and Managua was confirmed by Monsignor Carlos Herrera, president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), to the digital media Office 505.
Monsignor Herrera said succinctly that “he could not say much because they are things of the State, but this process is still in progress, this dialogue with the Holy See, to clarify why they are accusing (Monsignor Álvarez).”
Nicaraguan migrants who travel irregularly and seek to enter the United States could do so legally, even in a week.
Those interested have two options: If they are in Mexico they can request an appointment through the online application CBP Oneor request the parole with the support of a sponsor.
