This seventh of April, the boy Teyler Lorio Navarrete, who was assassinated on June 23, 2018 during attacks by paramilitaries and the Police in the Americas One sector, in Managua; he would be serving his five years.
The minor died when he was just 14 months old after being shot in the head when his father carried him in his arms on the way to the child’s grandmother’s house. The parents of one of the victims of state repression in Nicaragua regretted this day not being able to have her child.
«Today Teyler would be turning 5 years old if (Daniel) Ortega (and Rosario) Murillo and his narco Army had not shot at an unarmed town. Today my tears run down my face even with the fresh image of my son starting from my arms, “Nelson Lorío Sandoval, father of the little boy, wrote on his Twitter account.
«To heaven my kisses and hugs. I can’t take it anymore,” added the young opponent, who along with his family had to go into exile in the United States, due to constant death and prison threats by the Ortega regime.
In interview with Article 66the minor’s father said that “four years ago they took him away from me, it is very hard, and worse knowing that I am in exile and not being able to visit his grave, the one that I had restored so that the place where the children are kept would not be abandoned.” remains of my son.
“Currently, he was five years old and if he were alive I would not be in exile, because the truth is that since April 18 I participated in all the marches, perhaps I would be a political prisoner,” he added.
They continue to demand justice
In addition, he stated that despite being outside the country, he will continue to demand justice. «My son did not stay in Nicaragua, he comes with me, because he is part of my life. From wherever I am, I will continue denouncing so that the Government of Daniel Ortega pays for his crime », he stressed.
Lorío remarked that in the country where a Nicaraguan finds himself, he must demand justice, “because in Nicaragua there is no justice. Who are you going to ask for justice in Nicaragua if the murderer is in power?
To date, the death of the newborn remains unpunished, rather the child’s parents were subjected to constant sieges and arbitrary arrests by the Police. “According to the coroner, my son’s death was a suicide, but not even his pacha could still grab it,” Nelson Lorío denounced, recalling the initial epicrisis that they delivered to him at the hospital.
Regarding the social crisis that Nicaragua is experiencing, Lorío lamented that voices “like ours, the government does not listen to. World organizations are taking very little action, because all the communiqués are not so forceful against a regime that still does not stop killing and imprisoning.