Human rights in Nicaragua have deteriorated since a political crisis in 2018 pitted the increasingly authoritarian Ortega government against democracy and political reform advocates.
Moment gunmen shoot up Mexican mayoral candidate s campaign headquarters before ambushing a convey and kidnapping five of her staffers
Erika Briones, who is running for mayor in Villa de Reyes, a city in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, had her campaign headquarter attacked
Briones said she was going to travel to a campaign function Wednesday when gunmen intercepted her vehicles outside the building and opened fire
Briones, nominated under the dual National Action Party and Party of the Democratic ticket, said five campaign staffers were kidnapped
She blamed the shooting on former mayor Juan Gabriel Solís and his brother Jonathan Solís