The political prisoner Edder Munoz Rye He was savagely beaten by officers of the Granada Penitentiary System last Wednesday, January 4, denounced various opposition organizations.
The 35-year-old opponent, originally from Masaya, was the victim of “brutal torture by jailers,” denounced the Articulation of Social Movements (AMS) on their social networks.
On January 4, at about 10 in the morning, a group of prison guards entered the cell of Edder Munoz to make a request. During the review, they threw his medicines and food on the floor. Faced with this situation, the political prisoner complained about what happened and was threatened, says an account of the event.
Immediately afterwards, he was taken from his cell and transferred to another place where there was a contingent of about 20 jailers and five riot officers. At the scene, he was handcuffed behind his back and hung by the wrists, leaving him suspended for more than 30 minutes.
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During that time that he was suspended and his feet touched the ground “he received blows to the back, to the left ear with an open palm and he has gone a little deaf, they hit him in the ribs, he was slapped and kicked in the face, as well as blows in the abdomen, and with the heel of the boot. The middle toe on his left foot was blown off.”
«From the AMS we denounce these brutal violations of human rights. We demand that their integrity be respected and that they be released immediately and unconditionally,” denounced the organization and demanded the immediate release of the hostage of conscience.
This is the third time that Edder Muñoz has been jailed under the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. In November 2018, he was accused of terrorism. He was released on May 20, 2019; however, on September 22 of the same year he was captured again, being released hours later. The third and last occasion was on November 23, 2021.
During the trial, the witnesses presented by the Public Ministry against Edder Munoz They were the same policemen who captured him in an “operation” that ended with the search of his house and the alleged seizure of 85.1 grams of cocaine. Likewise, a Tauro brand firearm, caliber 38. In addition, they indicate that they found 4,160 córdobas and a Samsung A50 phone.
The opponent was attributed the alleged crimes of drug, psychotropic and other controlled substance trafficking; the same accusation that has been made to other political prisoners who have been recaptured.
In February 2022, more than two months after being imprisoned, the Ortega judge William Irving Howard López He found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years and six months in prison.
In September 2022 was benefited from precautionary measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)an organization that considers that the opponent is in a “serious situation” in the cells of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
The IACHR urged the regime to adopt measures to ensure that Edder Muñoz’s detention conditions are compatible with international standards, including guaranteeing that they are not subjected to threats, intimidation, harassment or attacks within the prison and access to medical care. appropriate and specialized
