Nicaragua: Two people killed in an attack by government forces against a parish where resistance was

MANAGUA.- At least two young men are died in an attack by the Nicaraguan government forces against a church in Managua where they were entrenched, from yesterday afternoon until a few hours ago, dozens of students who sought refuge in the parish after being
violently expelled from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN), as reported by the Catholic Church.

The two young dead people had shots in the head, one of them died inside the parish and the other was bleeding in a barricade. His body could only be recovered this morning by his companions because of the attack. The students left thanks to the efforts of Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes and the country's Nuncio Apostolic, Stanislaw Sommertag, and they were transferred to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua where they will meet representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. (CIDH) and

The UNAN campus in Managua was attacked by police and para-police forces with the aim of deporting students who had taken it for two months. Historically, many students have supported the leftist government, but many of them now ask for the resignation of the president


Daniel Ortega
motivated by the violence exerted against protesters by police and Sandinista youth gangs who attack the demonstrations in an attempt to intimidate and divide.

Ambulances, paramedics and religious arrived at Divine Mercy parish, in the southeastern area of ​​Managua, to badist the wounded and try to evacuate students who sought refuge in the building of the cathedral. capital city. "They tell us that we have two dead and several wounded," said Leopoldo Brenes, president of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference (CEN) at Channel 15, after having badured that the bishops began interceding last night to stop the killing. attack by bullet.

At midnight, student members of the Civic Alliance for Justice. and democracy, with dozens of citizens, made a caravan of cars that arrived near the parish, supporting students. Although the police barred their way, the servants of the caravan were planted in the place, which more people have joined since dawn.

Nicaraguan nuncio Waldemar Sommertag and Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes arrived today. Managua, to try to withdraw the 200 students, priests and journalists besieged by the paramilitaries in the last hours. Cardinal Brenes asked the government "to stop this mbadacre against the people of the parish" and described them as "the only ones responsible for these actions".

"They wanted to expel UNAN and they have already done so. to kill all the young people who are refugees in this church, we ask for a little conscience and respect in the name of God, "said church priest Raúl Zamora, a Washington Post reporter and another from the BBC also took refuge for a few hours, which was allowed yesterday by the efforts of Father Zamora, as well as seriously injured people who were to be transferred urgently to hospitals.

moment, the church was able to intercede and remove dozens of students.In meanwhile, the auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Managua, summoned in a tweet to the entire international community to get involved in the problems that Nicaragua is going through

The crisis in Nicaragua began on 18 April with a student protest to date. The conflict left more than 300 dead and some 2,000 wounded by independent human rights organizations, while the government recognizes only 49 dead. Opponents blame Ortega, a 72-year-old Sandinista guerrilla who has ruled since 2007 for the third consecutive time, to establish a dictatorship with his wife marked by corruption and nepotism.

In this context, the Catholic Church tried to dialogue between the government and the Alliance, and proposed to advance the elections from 2021 to 2019. But Ortega dismissed this possibility there is a week.

Agencies AP, AFP, DPA and ANSA