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(EFE) .- The Nicaraguan government announced Monday the release of 100 "political prisoners", shortly after the withdrawal of the opposition from the negotiating table to find a solution to the crisis and ensure that the release of the anti-government protesters arrested.
The government of Daniel Ortega pointed out in a statement, which does not specify the dates, that the prisoners would pbad under the regime of "family coexistence or other precautionary measures".
This release was announced a few minutes after the opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy said it would not return to the negotiating table with the government until the "political prisoners" would not be released. National strike to put pressure on the executive.
In the process of release, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) participates as an "observer", informed the Ministry of the Interior.
Among the best-known released "political prisoners" are student leaders Jonathan Lopez, Chester Navarrete and Byron Molina, as well as the young opposition Maria Adilia Peralta, the wife of detainee Cristian Fajardo, whom unknown groups set on fire in a building. hotel that he owned last July. before his arrest.
Just minutes before the announcement, the Alliance announced that it was pulling out of the negotiating table with the Nicaraguan government to look for a way out of the crisis that had erupted in April 2018, until That the executive dismiss the so-called "political prisoners".
The Alliance's decision was accelerated by the intense pressure exerted by various groups in Nicaraguan society, who demanded their final withdrawal from negotiations after the death of a "political prisoner" on Thursday after being shot in the prison of "La Modelo". apparently shot by a guard, in circumstances that have not been clarified.
The deceased, Nicaraguan and American-born Eddy Montes Praslín, was on the initial list of the first released people to be released with ICRC support in March, but never benefited from the government's refusal to respect his commitments. of liberation, according to the Civic Alliance.
Since the last publication, the number of "political prisoners" returned home has increased from 236 to 336, so the government still recognizes some 132 from the list, which is less than the 809 that, according to the Alliance, remain confidential. of freedom.
The tragedy of "political prisoners" in Nicaragua enshrined in a socio-political crisis that erupted last April with the claim of an apparent majority of Nicaraguans for the resignation of Ortega.
At least 325 dead in 13 months left the crisis in Nicaragua, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Local organizations number 593. The Government recognizes 199.
Prisoners and dead add hundreds of missing, thousands of wounded and tens of thousands of exiles. EFE
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