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In Nicaragua, following the arrest of four presidential pre-candidates and the detention of business leader Jose Adan Aguerri, the productive sector demands the release of political prisoners and advocates for the government to commit itself to grant all democratic guarantees.
Ortega Regime Arrests Candidate Felix Maradiaga Opponent Félix Maradiaga upon leaving the Prosecutor’s Office, minutes before being arrested. Photo: Nayira Valenzuela Opponent Félix Maradiaga upon leaving the Prosecutor’s Office, minutes before being arrested. Photo: Nayira Valenzuela
Opponent was detained after withdrawing from the Prosecutor’s Office. Later in the day, Juan Sebastian Chamorro, was also suddenly arrested.
9 junio, 2021
The Ortega regime arrested, on Tuesday, June 8, presidential candidate Felix Maradiaga after an extensive questioning he was summoned to at the Public Ministry. The Police confirmed his arrest saying “he is being investigated for acts that undermine the people’s independence,” in accordance with the Law in Defense of the Rights of the People to Independence, Sovereignty, and Self-Determination for Peace, better known as the “Guillotine Law.”