Freedom of the Press Alerts Nicaragua and the organization Lawyers Defenders of the People, through social networks, denounced that the journalist Elsbeth D´Andadirector of the program La Cobertura, broadcast on Channel 23, has been detained for 17 days by order of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship.
They detailed that the arrest occurred on October 27, around 3 in the afternoon, at the communicator’s home, where at least five patrols arrived, with about 20 Ortega Police officers, who raided the home and detained him. with violence.
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The defenders mentioned that the reasons for the arrest could be linked to the latest program La Cobertura, in which the communicator addressed an issue related to increases in the prices of the basic basket during the end-of-year holidays and payment of the bonus.
The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo would have ordered on November 13, the kidnapping and exile to Guatemala of the bishop of the Diocese of Jinotega and president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), Monsignor Carlos Herrerain what seems to mark the beginning of a new anti-Christian repressive escalation ordered by the tyrants of Nicaragua in retaliation because the religious demanded that the regime respect Catholic activities.
According to information disclosed on social networks, the president of the CEN, the highest leadership of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, would have been captured by police officers at the service of the dictatorship. They took him away without giving any explanation and, according to information, he would have been deported to Guatemala.
Last Sunday, November 10, Bishop Herrera called the attention of the Jinotega building authorities because they were disrespecting the mass, by placing sound equipment and groups of dancers adjacent to the temple, at high volumes with the intention of interrupting the service.
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In protest against such an act, Bishop Jinotegano described this action that interrupted the mass, considered one of the most important and venerated rites of Catholic Christianity, as “sacrilege.”
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Nicaragua and Honduras about the possible impact of Storm Sara, which has a high probability of becoming a hurricane and is currently forming off the Caribbean Coast of both Central American countries.
According to NHC meteorologists, Sara will gain strength in the next few hours due to the warm conditions of the open Caribbean sea and starting this Thursday its direction will be heading west; However, experts expect it to weaken when it encounters the coast of these countries.
Until now Sara, which would be tropical cyclone number 19, is located about 735 kilometers east of Guanaja Island, in Honduras, and 470 kilometers from Cabo Gracias a Dios, on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras, with a speed of translation of 9km/h with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h.
