Calm after the police brutality against protesters in Managua • El Nuevo Diario

Calm returned to Managua on Sunday after police violently repressed thousands of people who tried to march to ask the government to release "political prisoners" in the context of the crisis that erupted almost a year. year

Sunday morning, the main streets of Managua were quiet, with no one having the intention to demonstrate nor the presence of the national police, which maintains the ban of any demonstration against the government.

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The difference between Saturday's turmoil, where over a hundred people were temporarily detained by police, and the tranquility of Sunday morning was particularly noticeable when the march was scheduled, southeast of the center of the capital. .

In this area, petrol stations, supermarkets, as well as main roads and intersections, showed little influx of visitors and cars this Sunday, compared to a normal weekend.

The difference was less noticeable in the more remote areas of events, which revealed a fairly close competition from the usual found by Acan-Efe.

On Saturday, at least 107 people were temporarily arrested while they were trying to demonstrate, according to police data, and 164 according to the movement that called for the march, the opposition National Unity blue and white, who also reported six gunshot wounds. made by the agents.

The police also attacked journalists and seized a camera from the AFP news agency. She also invaded private malls to hit or capture protesters, who were besieged for several hours in buildings that they could not stop.

The United States, Spain and Costa Rica expressed their disavowal on Saturday over police violence and called for the cessation of excessive use of force against protesters and journalists, as well as the respect for human rights.