The Public Ministry, dominated by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, presented a formal accusation against Mildred Rayo and Miguel Flores, young members of the Nicaraguan University Alliance (AUN). The case against the activists was filed on November 11, ten days after they were arrested.
AUN denounced that the Nicaraguan Army kidnapped two of its members in the vicinity of the Sapoá River, in Cárdenas, in the department of Rivas. They were detained during a search carried out by the military institution at about 6:30 in the morning while they were moving towards Managua.
Although there is a formal accusation against the opponents, it does not specify what crimes they are accused of, but the victims are the State and Nicaraguan society, the same ones that concern the political prisoners accused of “conspiracy to harm the national integrity.”
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According to a source from the organization, at the time of the arrest, Rayo was coming from Costa Rica and Flores went to meet her in the Cárdenas sector, where the Army intercepted and detained them. “They were not exiled,” she clarified.
On November 4, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) reported that Mildred Rayo and Miguel Flores are being held in the cells of District Three of the Police in Managua.
After informing that the members of AUN are at the police station and at the order of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance, Cenidh indicated that writs of habeas corpus were filed in their favor.
The opposition organization pointed out at the time that this blow by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is a reflection of the fear they have of an “organized and convinced youth in a just and civic struggle.”
youth in exile
As a result of the political persecution, the siege and the economic crisis that Nicaragua is experiencing, at least 34 members of the STILL They have been forced to leave the country in search of protecting their lives and a better future.
A source from the political group, who requested discretion with his identity, detailed Article 66 that of its members who have chosen to go into exile or migrate to another country, 12 are women and 22 are men, ranging between 20 and 35 years of age.
“Most of them performed functions in departmental and municipal coordination in their respective localities, all of them were young leaders, many of them recognized, all of them experienced harassment, threats, persecution or imprisonment for 1 or 2 days, added to the economic crisis they made the decision to leave the country,” the source said.
He highlighted that the young people of AUN continue with their political activism from the country where they now reside. “They have remained actively speaking for the organization, being present in the media and campaigns,” she said.
