The justice of the Ortega regime imposed a public defender on Monsignor Rolando Álvarez Lagos, bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, despite the fact that the cardinal’s family requested the appointment of a private defense, denounced the lawyer Yader Morazán, an expert in the administration of justice and a former official of the Judiciary.
The “defense” assigned by the dictatorship to Bishop Rolando Álvarez is Jennifer Hernández, the same public defender that was imposed on Monsignor Leonardo Urbina, parish priest of the Perpetuo Socorro de Boaco Church of the Diocese of Granada, accused of sexual abuse and rape against a minor under 14 years of age.
“Behind closed doors and with the same public defender Jennifer Hernández (imposed by the regime) the Initial hearing against Bishop Rolando Álvarez was held, ignoring the request for the appointment of a trusted family lawyer. The case was forwarded to trial,” Morazán denounced on his Twitter account.
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This Tuesday, January 10, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez faced the justice of Ortega y Murillo in an initial hearing, which has been classified by legal experts as “null and illegal”, dressed in a white shirt and black pants, without his usual suit. of bishop of the Catholic Church.
According to a screenshot, released by the lawyer, the sister of Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, Vilma Esperanza Álvarez, requested before the Office for the Reception and Distribution of Causes and Documents (ORDICE) the appointment of a technical defense of her choice, but said request was ignored by the judiciary.
“She (Jennifer Hernández) is the regime’s favorite public defense attorney to hold hearings against priests. She was the one who celebrated the case of Monsignor Leonardo Urbina, despite having been the assistant to the judge who sentenced him, “recalled the former judicial official on Twitter.
The accusation against Monsignor Álvarez was admitted by the tenth criminal court judge of Managua, Gloria María Saavedra Corrales, who sent the case to oral and public trial, but an official note from the Directorate of Communication and Public Relations of the Central Judicial Complex of Managua does not specify the start date of the trial against the Catholic leader.
Regarding the judge, Morazán points out that she is an “executioner” and is part of the “new appointments” made by the Judiciary in 2019 “to replace the first executioners who tried protesters in 2018 and who were promoted to magistrates.” “She has not even done a judicial career, because she was a coordinator,” said the lawyer.
The Ortega regime detained the bishop on August 19, 2021, accusing him of the alleged crimes of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of false news, through information technology, to the detriment of the State and Nicaraguan society. .
