Former Sandinista guerrilla leader and opposition politician Hugo Torres has died in prison at the age of 73, relatives said Saturday. Torres was the first of a large group of opposition leaders rounded up in a 2021 crackdown to die; it was unclear if his death was hastened by conditions in prison. Torres was a…
MEXICO CITY A former Sandinista guerrilla leader who once led a raid that helped free then rebel and now President Daniel Ortega from prison has died, his family announced Saturday, eight months after Ortega’s government arrested him and dozens of other Nicaraguan opposition leaders.
Hugo Torres, who once helped spring President Daniel Ortega from prison, has died at age 73. He was one of several opposition leaders arrested by Ortega's government ahead of elections last year.