The family of the former presidential candidate and political prisoner Juan Sebastian Chamorro He demands that the Nicaraguan regime not repeat other Christmas parties without the presence of the opponent in his home.
The hostage of conscience has been kidnapped for 540 days in one of the cells of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, in Managua.
«Second December that is looming and my family is still incomplete with the emptiness of my husband @Jschamorrog in our home,” said Victoria Cárdenas, Chamorro’s wife, through her Twitter account.
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At the same time, the also persecuted politician expressed her closeness to the other families who will likewise spend another Christmas away from their loved ones. «I share the same pain with more than 220 families of political prisoners in Nicaragua. Faith and hope move us, freedom is our cry #ChristmasIsFamilyGathered“, wrote.
In interview with Article 66, Cárdenas said that after almost a year and a half in captivity by the Ortega regime, the suffering due to the absence of Chamorro “every day is more painful, longer and more anguishing; with more uncertainty due to the solitary confinement that —the Police— maintains.”
“My daughter and I are incommunicado, because in these 540 days we have not been allowed, as the law says, not a call or a letter, and to this is added the Christmas parties that are times of family reunion , and be second that I am going to be without my husband; That is why I call for it not to be another Christmas without my husband.” Cardenas said.
“All families should be together”
On the other hand, Cárdenas pointed out that not only the family of Juan Sebastián Chamorro deserves to be united, but the “more than 225 families of political prisoners need to be reunited.”
«That is why —the motto is: Christmas family reunited, because that is what we deserve, and what we need is family unity. They are all innocent and should not be imprisoned and incommunicado,” he added.
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Despite the anguish and uncertainty that Victoria Cárdenas lives by not being able to be by Juan Sebastián Chamorro’s side, she stated that she does not lose hope that her husband will soon be released.
She emphasized that “I always have hope, I get up every day, doing everything possible to achieve the release of my husband, who is innocent and I always hope that he will get out, because he should not be in prison. That is why I am not giving up, I will not stop until I see him released, because it is a right that we have as Nicaraguan families; We must never be apart, this is too painful!”
Victoria Cárdenas, who has been married to Juan Sebastián Chamorro for 24 years, reiterated that her “home does not want another Christmas without the presence of my husband. I share the suffering with the other families because what we are experiencing is cruel and unfair.
Chamorro, 51, was convicted in trials that his international lawyer Jared Genser said were riddled with irregularities. During the trial, the Prosecutor’s Office presented 27 police officers as witnesses against Chamorro and six other political prisoners. The only proof that was imputed to them was their participation in a WhatsApp group and some interviews on television.
The prisoner of conscience is part of the list of more than 220 political prisoners who are held captive by the dictatorship after raising their voices against its authoritarian policy; Only on 11 occasions have his relatives been able to visit him in the branded “El Nuevo Chipote” torture center.
